Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

[Rush2019]

Been some nice green hues fading in and out on this cam, cloud getting in the way now.

[weatherobsuk]

Met Office cloud forecast tallies with the NW short-term in favouring some breaks over the western side of the Peak District between 9pm and 11pm, it's 50/50 but even if it's a small chance i'll risk it to head out for 2 hours. 

[Dorsetbred]

Looking at the NASA forecast loop, they are suggesting the peak will occur around 10:30 ish.

Some good activity over Lapland with Kiruna having a decent display at the moment. If that moves to the west then things could well improve (apart from the cloud that is!)

 

[Jamie M]

Automatic camera in garden caught the rays as well.

Look after 21:20

 

 

[SnowBear]

Too much cloud here at the moment. 

[Jo Farrow]

This is looking down on the A1 towards Edinburgh. THere is too much cloud but hints of green behind it.

[Southern Storm]

Hard to type as fingers are frozen, but it's fair to say a just had an outer body experience

It was visible to the naked eye!

 

Edited February 27, 2023 by Southern Storm

[Mapantz]

Nothing doing here. Completely cloudy.

[Dancerwithwings]

So jealous is me, I’m with clear skies right now in Brum and now’t

[Southern Storm]

Just now, Dancerwithwings said:

So jealous is me, I’m with clear skies right now in Brum and now’t

There is a second event to come , within the next hour or two, don't give up!

[Dancerwithwings]

4 minutes ago, Southern Storm said:

There is a second event to come , within the next hour or two, don't give up!

Thanks…bet the community of the cloud Gods will be above me by then

Hopefully not

[SnowBear]

Cloud cleared here completely, nothing at the moment. 

[Sprites]

51 minutes ago, Southern Storm said:

Hard to type as fingers are frozen, but it's fair to say a just had an outer body experience

It was visible to the naked eye!

 

Was this about 9pm? 

There is a hint of red here on camera, but nothing much ATM 

Edited February 27, 2023 by Sprites

[RebsAbbo]

Too much cloud

[Dorsetbred]

Cloud still blocking any view here.

Edited February 27, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[Don]

10 minutes ago, RebsAbbo said:

Too much cloud

Same here as was last night!

[ChannelThunder]

A strong showing of the lights to the north!

 

....Oh, wait, that's Southampton docks reflecting off the cloud base

[Dancerwithwings]

1 hour ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Thanks…bet the community of the cloud Gods will be above me by then

Hopefully not

The clouds have rolled in, so no chance here

[Lauren]

Too much cloud here unfortunately.

[Sprites]

Not really forecast to get going until 3am onwards, likely cloudy by then or daylight...

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/3-day-forecast

Edited February 27, 2023 by Sprites

[Emz by the Thames]

No cloud here, clear skies, two hours on a freezing hilltop with a load of pot-smoking pensioners...and we didn't see anything

[Nick L]

Does make me laugh that the BBC has a live thread for the northern lights when the vast majority of the UK is under overcast skies.

[Sprites]

Very slight red now, but barely visible on camera.

[Southern Storm]

Hi guys, unfortunately it the second showing never amounted to anything, which is a real shame if you missed out.

Sorry if I got some people's expectations up with my earlier post, that same optimism resulted in me standing an extra 3 hours in the freezing cold, with feet like blocks of ice

I have to admit that I got very lucky tonight, because it clouded over not long after I arrived at Knowlton church

but the cloud had cleared just in time before the spectacle began, just before 9pm.

It was visible to the naked eye, even though the moon was quite bright, however, i was able to see a faint red glow to the Northwest, before the aurora started filling the sky directly north.

It was a truly amazing experience to see the aurora, especially this far south, and something I've always wanted to see, I'll never forget it .

I Hope there are a few surprises left before this spell of increased activity come to an end 

Here are some snaps from this evening, not many really, as each exposure was around 20 second long, and the whole event from Start to finish only lasted around 6 minutes!

southern Storm

Edited February 28, 2023 by Southern Storm

[weatherobsuk]

Easyjet pilot does 360 turn to give all passengers a glimpse of 'incredible' Northern Lights on flight to Manchester - Manchester Evening News

WWW.MANCHESTEREVENINGNEWS.CO.UK

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Photos taken from on board show the stunning hues of green, purple and pink in what was certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity