Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

[Polar Maritime]

Full arc Aurora visible here to the north over the Firth not very bright and about 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon

 

Lovely NL enjoy! Any snaps?  

 

 

Sacking Fog here..

Edited November 3, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[frogesque]

Still fogged out here. Hope you manage some pics NorternLights!

Edited November 3, 2015 by frogesque

[Polar Maritime]

Shot here from over Wick tonight, With permission & Credit to Ve Young. 

 

[Polar Maritime]

A long duration M3.7 flare from the big spot facing Earth a few hours ago ☺

[frogesque]

Looks like more auroae could be on for tonight. Typically, Fife is totally overcast foggy and wet!

[Methuselah]

Looks like more auroae could be on for tonight. Typically, Fife is totally overcast foggy and wet!

Just like EA, then!

 

Were you there to see those nacreous clouds back in 2000? Brilliant, weren't they?

[Craig in Leeds]

Well another storm underway. Like many others, I use this page http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.png linked from spaceweather.com. But I want to ask, why does the red viewing line never seem drop below 60° south over the uk but happily does as it passes over the Atlantic and into the Usa?

[Polar Maritime]

Kp6 Storm forecast, So Aurora possibly visible over the North.

[frogesque]

Kp6 Storm forecast, So Aurora possibly visible over the North.

Yep, up at Gordenstown Aberdeenshire, for a week. Saw faint aurora to the north over the sea. Turned cloudy and blowing through rain just now but will have another peek out before bed.

 

On tablet at the moment, got some pics about 8.00 pm, not great, will try and post tomorrow if I can get the lappy connected to the WiFi here.

[Polar Maritime]

Great stuff Frog, Nice to hear and hopefully the photos come out ok.

[Polar Maritime]

Some super shots here from the 6th.

 

https://flic.kr/s/aHsknKhYQ6

 

And these taken last night at Peterhead with Credit and permission to share by Steven David McCorron.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Mokidugway]

Had a look out last night ,could make out the faint glow on the horizon but that was it ..

[frogesque]

A faint glow again tonight. Still trying to work out how to post pics as I can't FTP to my own site (don't have the access code with me ). Might have to use yuckbucket!

 

Edit: from last night.

 

Edited November 8, 2015 by frogesque

[Polar Maritime]

Nice shot Frog, Good to see sightings tonight also ☺

[Polar Maritime]

QUIET SUNSPOTS: With no sunspots actively flaring, the sun's X-ray output has flatlined. NOAA forecasters estimate a scant 15% chance of M-class solar flares and no more than a 1% chance of X-flares on Nov. 9th. http://spaceweather.com/

 

Lovely Vid here from the 3rd, Caingorms.

 

Edited November 9, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

BROKEN QUIET: So much for the "quiet sun." Confounding predictions, sunspot AR2449 erupted on Nov. 9th at 1312 UT, producing an M3-class solar flare and abright CME. The CME is not heading directly for Earth, but a glancing blow is possible later this week. http://spaceweather.com/

 

Kp 5 Storm currently in progress.

[frogesque]

Wet and cloudy here (Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire) last night so missed out. Think any more pics will have to wait 'till we get back home as I'm having probs with yuckbucket. Maybe get another chance of arorae if the latest CME hits before Saturday.

Edited November 10, 2015 by frogesque

[frogesque]

Back home.

 

Taken at Gardenstown Aberdeenshire, 7th. Nov. 2015. Was a bit more active later on than in the first pic I posted.

 

Edited November 14, 2015 by frogesque

[Polar Maritime]

(ALMOST NO) CHANCE OF FLARES: Solar activity is very low. There are only two sunspot groups on the Earthside of the sun, and neither one has the type of unstable magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions. NOAA forecasters say the odds of an M- or X-class flare today is no more than 1%. http://spaceweather.com/

 

Balgavies Loch, Forfar last night/this morning. An awesome display of the Northern Lights for a long time last night, With permission to share with Credit to John Paul.

 

Edited November 19, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[karyo]

(ALMOST NO) CHANCE OF FLARES: Solar activity is very low. There are only two sunspot groups on the Earthside of the sun, and neither one has the type of unstable magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions. NOAA forecasters say the odds of an M- or X-class flare today is no more than 1%. http://spaceweather.com/

 

Balgavies Loch, Forfar last night/this morning. An awesome display of the Northern Lights for a long time last night, With permission to share with Credit to John Paul.

 

Let's hope the quietness continues through the winter.

 

Karyo

[Polar Maritime]

Yes K, The Solar disk is certainly telling a story.

 

Edited November 19, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[jonboy]

And if you go to the Laymans Sunspot site http://www.landscheidt.info/?q=node/50 you will see that they are on their 7th spotless day!!

[Polar Maritime]

When really there's 2.

[jonboy]

When really there's 2.

WE now see two due to the technology used. The laymans site uses older methods so that a truer comparison with previous cycles thus the comparison with cycle 5 and feeling that we are possibly entering a 'Dalton' type minimum

[Polar Maritime]

WE now see two due to the technology used. The laymans site uses older methods so that a truer comparison with previous cycles thus the comparison with cycle 5 and feeling that we are possibly entering a 'Dalton' type minimum

 

Absolutely Jon, All papers i have read point to us heading into a Dalton type phase.