Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

[mushymanrob]

38 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

Certainly looks promising for Scotland at least Mushy. With another M flare just..

yep... ive found this site

http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

dont know if its been mentioned, only dip,in and out  until now when im taking it more seriously. i need kp over 6 which isnt predicted for tonight, might be same for you too, but i dont know how accurate the kp measurement is. ~

PAAAAUUL why is the whole text becoming the link instead of just the acutal link?..

Edited February 14, 2016 by mushymanrob
weird fingy

[mushymanrob]

kp4 atm, but predicted to drop...

[mushymanrob]

kp 5 predicted tonight 1800-00 before dropping back to 4...  northern scotland again..

[mushymanrob]

ok... im a bit confused. the noaa aurora prediction site suggested there was a kp6 last night whilst the european site i linked above showed a kp 2-3 for the same time frame.

so which one is most accurate?...

[Weather-history]

Typical, activity has increased just as the frontal system moves in!

[Polar Maritime]

Currently Kp 5 storm in progress.

 

[frogesque]

Kp 6 total overcast with cold drizzle thrown in!

whacking great coronal hole though so storm  could last for a couple of days. Keep watching.

 

[Polar Maritime]

Currently Kp 5 storm.

Edited February 17, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[frogesque]

Had a look out just now. Very faint band to the north, even the camera barely picked it up. Not worth a 40 mile round trip to find a decent dark sky location. May try again later.

[Polar Maritime]

 

Edited February 18, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

Kp 6 Storm later, Scotland and Northern England have a good chance of seeing Aurora.

Edit; Kp 5 now.

Edited February 18, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[mushymanrob]

i missed a kp6 on a clear night?... damn! id have travelled north for that.

[Polar Maritime]

Kp 5 storm expected tonight Mushy, Here's a good live link feed to look out for Aurora from Shetland. Plenty visible last night..

http://www.shetland.org/60n/webcams/cliff-cam-3

[mushymanrob]

1 hour ago, Polar Maritime said:

Kp 5 storm expected tonight Mushy, Here's a good live link feed to look out for Aurora from Shetland. Plenty visible last night..

http://www.shetland.org/60n/webcams/cliff-cam-3

cheers for that

kp5 ?... on this site its only expected to be kp4,
http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/
however realistically it needs to be over 6 for me.

[Polar Maritime]

10 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

cheers for that

kp5 ?... on this site its only expected to be kp4,
http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/
however realistically it needs to be over 6 for me.

Yes on Solarham.com this morning, But down to Kp 3 now unfortunately. 

[Costa Del Fal]

A couple of pictures of the Aurora which I captured on Monday evening on the outskirts of Kiruna, Swedish Lapland.  My first sighting of them for real and absolutely magical they were. Stunning natural spectacle and really is a big box ticked in things to see in life!

Edited February 21, 2016 by Costa Del Fal

[Polar Maritime]

Lovely shots there Costa 

[Polar Maritime]

 

[Midlands Ice Age]

My first post on here, but I thought it worthwhile.

One of the most beautiful (as published by the Telegraph)    aurora b's I have seen. -

Could this be photo of the decade?

Is it real?

It looks to have picked up the wrong photo in the gallery (No 2) . Please scroll back to number 1

No 2 is just interesting Number 1 is mind blowingly beautiful.

It is a fantastic Phoenix pattern.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/12169329/Pictures-of-the-day-23-February-2016.html?frame=3580931

MIA

PS I do not know why it goes to Number 2. When I preview it it shows the original!!

 

Edited February 24, 2016 by Midlands Ice Age

[mushymanrob]

i dont know enough about aurora patterns to comment on whether or not its fake - looks real to me though.

[mushymanrob]

Kp5 expected sunday 00 for24 hours

[Polar Maritime]

On 03/03/2016 at 8:30 PM, mushymanrob said:

Kp5 expected sunday 00 for24 hours

Inverness just now.

 

Edited March 6, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[Summer of 95]

Northern horizon here has a strange greenish hue, particularly the bit around the star Deneb. It's not streetlight glow (no towns that way) it's too late for twilight. It can't be, can it???

[frogesque]

Nice aurora band with some curtains from my front door tonight.

Edit: looks like it might be worth a short drive!

 

Edited March 6, 2016 by frogesque

[Northernlights]

10 minutes ago, frogesque said:

Nice aurora band with some curtains from my front door tonight.

Edit: looks like it might be worth a short drive!

 

Yes can see it from here too about 45 Degrees above the horizon so fairly impressive.