Aurora alert - tonight. (26th Sept 2011)

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Aurora alert - tonight. (26th Sept 2011)

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:05 pm

Hi-latituders might see aurorae this evening (26th) as there's a geomagnetic storm in progress. There's the barest hint of possible green-ness to the north of here just now (or it could be cloud... :? ). Live updates from ... http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight.

Post by Feck » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:06 pm

What's the weather forecast like up here TA ?
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:11 pm

Feck wrote:What's the weather forecast like up here TA ?
Clear skies just now... Forecast clear...
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:30 pm

Well, there's a definite greenish glow, but it doesn't look like it's going to get more exciting than that, any time soon...

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Post by Gallstones » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:33 pm

What latitude?
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight.

Post by Feck » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:53 pm

Gallstones wrote:What latitude?
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight.

Post by Gallstones » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:43 pm

Thanks, too high for me.
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight.

Post by Pappa » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:03 am

Thinking Aloud wrote:Well, there's a definite greenish glow, but it doesn't look like it's going to get more exciting than that, any time soon...

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Post by borealis » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:56 am

Great! :woot: I saw this thread yesterday before going to bed, but I checked our local values and it looked like it was unlikely to see any auroras here, but I went outside to check anyway. There was nothing and it was getting more cloudy, so I went to bed. But glad you saw some :tup:
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight.

Post by Thinking Aloud » Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:05 pm

borealis wrote:Great! :woot: I saw this thread yesterday before going to bed, but I checked our local values and it looked like it was unlikely to see any auroras here, but I went outside to check anyway. There was nothing and it was getting more cloudy, so I went to bed. But glad you saw some :tup:
With a stand and longer exposure time you can get some pretty amazing photos.
These pics were on minute-long exposures on a tripod - there was very little up there, but we live in hope that the winter might bring a few more opportunities. We've had far better before here, on a couple of occasions. The first time it was clearly visible from the garden even with streetlights (I should look for the photos), and the second time Mrs TA got a spectacular display while I was away on business. :lay: I've seen it from a plane over Greenland once too - not quite dark enough inside the plane to get a good view, but still!
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Re: Aurora alert - tonight. (26th Sept 2011)

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:09 pm

For some damn reason I keep thinking somebody has a migraine scheduled. :fp:
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