Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

[ciel]

http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk

[Crepuscular Ray]

https://storyful.s3.amazonaws.com/video/syfl-187f9ccafce6a595929ffa72d0d54848.mp4

[drgl]

Spot the erm ....spot!!!

Edited February 8, 2017 by drgl

[SteveB]

Looks like its going blank again

[jonboy]

Laymans count has called 6 spotless and we have 1 on spaceweather

[frogesque]

Visible Aurora from here tonight at the moment 10.30pm.

Worth a look out!

[knocker]

 

[frogesque]

By the time I managed to de-ice the car and take a short drive it was pretty much all over. Only managed a few green smudges. Will post a couple of snaps later if I get the chance.

Some nice pics doing the rounds on Facebook though.

[frogesque]

OK, had a look at pics from last night. Pretty miserable but I tried!

1st. one taken directly under a lamp post outside the house. Other 2 taken a short drive away about 30 mins to an hour later

 

[Weather-history]

 

[Boro Snow]

OMG that is amazing thanks for the share

[frogesque]

Weather History: really nice vid showing the genesis, highlight and decay of auroral activity. 

Of interest, when I uploaded my miserable efforts I saw my last decent Aurora was on the 8th of March last year.

[Weather-history]

Maybe someone can explain this. Why is it I often see on twitter, photos of auroral displays from New Zealand or the southern part of the South Island like the one below? New Zealand lies above the 50S latitude. So why do we in the UK not see more frequently displays given virtually the whole of the UK lies above 50N latitude? Glenorchy, NZ is 44S, Bordeaux is about 44N, so why do they not see an auroral display like this?

 

[frogesque]

Cracking pics there WH!

NZ auroras haven't been much publicised in the past but like Scotland they are often colourful. Why don't we see more from Scotland? In a word, weather! Also the Northern hemisphere pics are dominated by Alaskan and Norwegian pics.

The northern auroral oval also tends to favour the greater land masses of Canada/North America and Russia/Norway etc. rather than the UK due to the position of the magnetic North Pole and the lines of magnetic force.

Like everything else, I suppose fashion has a part too.

Edited March 5, 2017 by frogesque

[Weather-history]

22 minutes ago, frogesque said:

Cracking pics there WH!

NZ auroras haven't been much publicised in the past but like Scotland they are often colourful. Why don't we see more from Scotland? In a word, weather! Also the Northern hemisphere pics are dominated by Alaskan and Norwegian pics.

The northern auroral oval also tends to favour the greater land masses of Canada/North America and Russia/Norway etc. rather than the UK due to the position of the magnetic North Pole and the lines of magnetic force.

Like everything else, I suppose fashion has a part too.

Thanks.

Looking at the magnetic south pole position, it is closer to New Zealand and Australia than the actual south pole

[frogesque]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

Thanks.

Looking at the magnetic south pole position, it is closer to New Zealand and Australia than the actual south pole

Showing my northern bias lol. Hadn't considered the proximity of the magnetic South Pole to Oz or NZ. Makes a lot of sense.

[Weather-history]

Spaceweather

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 2 days
2017 total: 14 days (20%)

[drgl]

Make that 3 days spotless now....

[Weather-history]

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 4 days
2017 total: 15 days (22%)

[Weather-history]

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 5 days
2017 total: 16 days (23%)

[sundog]

Another way of looking at it,48 spotless days since june 1st last yr. There wasnt any spotless days for the first 5 months of 2016.

[Weather-history]

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 8 days
2017 total: 19 days (26%)

 

[Weather-history]

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 9 days
2017 total: 20 days (27%)

[Weather-history]

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 11 days
2017 total: 22 days (29%)

[karyo]

Is this the longest stretch since 2009?