[Darkcloud]

One of the world’s most famous and stunning solar phenomena is eagerly expected over Irish skies in the coming weeks............LINKY

This post has been edited by Darkcloud: 09 January 2012 - 12:13 PM

[Lilliput]

bogman, on 22 January 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

Some folks in Scotland are reporting visual aurora, I was 4 earlier, app on my phone is saying moderate risk, too overcast down here to see anything at the moment

its too overcast in the west to see anything either

[bogman]

Should have read K was 4 earlier, seems to be a bit higher at the moment so chances should be slightly better, not at home so can't check it out

[bogman]

K is 5 now, looking better

Aurora in the Shetlands tonight




BZ gone minus, needs to be at least as low as it is now, look out for sudden dips



Reg in Wales, friend of mine, aurora on 144mhz tonight, hope the link works
GW8VHI

[Borderlord]

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY: Earth's magnetic field is reverberating from a CME impact during the early hours of Jan. 22nd. The hit compressed Earth's magnetic field, briefly exposing some geosynchronous satellites to solar wind plasma, and disturbed the ionization structure of Earth's upper atmosphere. As night falls on Jan. 22nd, Arctic sky watchers are reporting bright auroras in response to a polar geomagnetic storm (Kp=5). Please check http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.


Picture was taken in Shetland tonight.............

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This post has been edited by Borderlord: 22 January 2012 - 11:48 PM

[Pacman]

taken yesterday in donegal

My link

[bogman]

Nice one pacman, here is another taken by Martin McKenna Maghera, pictures of the Aurora taken from Ballintoy Harbour on Co Antrim coast

[Kreator]

Saw this on Facebook

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Taken by Gregory Clarke, of Buncrana Camera Club, off Malin Head last night.

This post has been edited by Kreator: 24 January 2012 - 06:04 PM

[bogman]

X2 class flare today on the edge of the Sun as viewed from earth so little chance of it affecting the earth in 2 or 3 days time, its a biggie as u will see from the movie, can't remember when we had a flare of such magnitude recently, it is the strongest flare of 2012 so far

http://spaceweather....823d53v8mea5db2


In Ultra Violet

Same sunspot (1402) that recently flared giving us aurora recently, may return in 26/27 days again

This post has been edited by bogman: 27 January 2012 - 09:07 PM

[Darkcloud]

Any updates

[bogman]

K is 4 or 5 so moderate chance of high latitude aurora at this time





Resulting from an M class flare on the 6th, thats about it for the moment Darkcloud

[Borderlord]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-16974948

[bogman]

Forward to 26 seconds, think it was comet Lovejoy, beautiful footage, funny, was tempted to post this yesterday

[bogman]

K is 5 at the moment, overcast here but check to the north if you have clear skies for aurora

[bogman]

Solar conditions picking up after a relatively quiet February, Solar activity is now high

X1 flare today emanating from sunspot AR1429 that is already about 4 times the Earth's diameter



My link

March is traditionally a good month for Aurorae

[bogman]

Very unsettled solar conditions, K is 6, very high (see charts above) but the BZ index at the moment is not negative, could swing either way tonight, there is good aurora at northern latitudes right now that may extend our way tonight, keep an eye out

Aurora at Lake Superior a short while back

[Tazzzie]

bogman, on 07 March 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

keep an eye out

Will do - thanks. Moon is very bright tonight and clear skies over blanch....

[bogman]

Forgot about the bloody moon, its close to full so light pollution from it will cause problems unless you can shield yourself from it Tazzie

Reports from the Shetlands in the last 30 minutes

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Aurora reports coming in from North Roe and Girlsta within the past 20 minutes...

And from Space weather

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A CME propelled toward Earth by this morning's X5-class solar flare is expected to reach our planet on March 8th at 0625 UT (+/- 7 hr)
The impact could spark a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm

Keep an eye on the Bz component for when it goes negative, its positive right now so aurora is probably weak despite a relatively high K index

This post has been edited by bogman: 07 March 2012 - 08:59 PM

[bogman]

Some nice viewing in the night sky right now, get your binoculars, look at the bright "star" in the western sky, its the planet Venus next to the beautiful star cluster "The Pleiades" (The 7 sisters).....Above the moon is Mars, Jupiter has already set, follow the curve ot the Plough's handle to Arcturus a red giant star and speed on to Spica


Mods might rename the thread Astronomy related, good idea maybe, what think?



Just noticed Saturn to the southeast, bright, next to Spica which is a few degrees to the south of it, can't miss it

This post has been edited by bogman: 03 April 2012 - 10:24 PM

[The Mex]

Title changed as per request!

[bogman]

Thank you Mex, more appropriate id say