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Aurora
January 23, 2012, 02:30:32 pm
Worth a look if you are somewhere without too much light pollution?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16678405

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16681732

Clear up here, not sleeping much tonight.

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#1 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 02:33:30 pm
in hindsight, should probably be in shooting the shit as most people have no interest in this. Feel free to move it. Sorry.

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#2 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 02:53:26 pm
I live in a very low light pollution area up north and sat outside freezing my bollocks off last night around 11 and saw nothing.

Stuck in Sheffield now so no chance.

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#3 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 02:54:33 pm
Does anyone have any experience of viewing them? It's a new moon, which is good, and need to try and avoid light pollution, but currently debating if getting to the Moray Coast is better than getting up high, and hiking to the top of Clach na Beinn or something.

Is our friendly local astrophysicist in the country?

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#4 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 03:01:46 pm
I live in a very low light pollution area up north and sat outside freezing my bollocks off last night around 11 and saw nothing.


But it's not proper north though Gavin.

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#5 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 03:16:06 pm
Does anyone have any experience of viewing them?

Nope. 14 days in Greenland, 10 of them ski touring with zero light pollution and it was overcast every night.

I'm imagining South Manchester isn't going to be the best viewing spot.........

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#6 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 03:18:33 pm
I was just wondering what it would be like up on darwen moor  :-\...  forecast is clear till midnight!?

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#7 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 03:44:23 pm
Was camping out one night in Glendalough, Wicklow and saw it. Was subtle enough, a fading in and out of various colours. Fantastic and very fortunate to see it.

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#8 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 03:50:32 pm
I was just wondering what it would be like up on darwen moor  :-\...  forecast is clear till midnight!?
I've seen the aurora in Finland, and it was awesome, I would have thought Darwen moor is a little far south though, and I was up there a couple of weeks ago at dusk, I was surprised at the amount of light pollution from darwen itself...

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#9 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:02:23 pm
The activity in the pics from the BBC site was linked to an eruption from the Sun on the 22nd.  It has all gone much quieter now.

There was another eruption at about 4 this morning.  It looks like it is headed a bit to the north of Earth but may well clip us and lead to more auroral activity on the night of the 24th/25th.

Probably the best resource for aurorae in the UK is run by Lancaster University:  http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ they have a twitter feed and will even (it appears) send txt alerts to your mobile.

http://www.spaceweather.com/ is also useful.

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#10 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:04:14 pm
I'm subscribed and got no alerts, text email or otherwise.

Thanks for other info though. Worth a shot if nothing else a nice night for stargazing.

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#11 Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:04:26 pm
I spent months (5-6) in Greenland.
Didn't see it...
Spent half a year in Canada (Nova Scotia+ Newfy+Labrador).
Didn't see it...
Spent 9 months in Antarctica.
Didn't see it...
Never seen it...

I think it's a myth the world has generated,
to wind me up...

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#12 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:10:16 pm
I'm subscribed and got no alerts, text email or otherwise.

It might be worth emailing them and asking why no alerts were issued; I would think they'd be keen to improve their system. [I'm not affiliated to the lancs department but I used to be a space physicist]

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#13 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:13:55 pm
I have done before, but got no reply. Will try again.

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#14 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:21:48 pm
Working in Dundee this week so will keep an eye out!

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#15 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 04:51:01 pm
I was surprised at the amount of light pollution from darwen itself...

torched cars?

You can get away from it a bit if you head over the back past tockholes, but yes think in general be very lucky.

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#16 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 05:03:01 pm
I was surprised at the amount of light pollution from darwen itself...

torched cars?
:lol:

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#17 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 05:24:19 pm
I live in a very low light pollution area up north and sat outside freezing my bollocks off last night around 11 and saw nothing.


But it's not proper north though Gavin.

Guardian have a snap from Holy Island in Northumberland, which is a fair way south.

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#18 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 06:11:32 pm
Does anyone have any experience of viewing them?

When in Iceland I stepped outside my tent for a pee in the middle of the night and chanced to look up. None of the slides i took on my basic compact camera came out though :(

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#19 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 07:09:20 pm
Probably the best resource for aurorae in the UK is run by Lancaster University

I lived in Lancaster for three years and never even saw a hint of the Aurora.

What a gip.

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#20 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 08:17:19 pm
I've lived in Hull for 7 years and never seen Uranus either Andy....

(someone had to make that joke..)

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#21 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 08:36:56 pm
Ah, but I don't advertise my anus as being readily available for viewings in Hull.

only Newcastle, Sunderland and Sheffield

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#22 Aurora
January 23, 2012, 08:40:00 pm
Ah, but I don't advertise my anus as being readily available for viewings in Hull.

only Newcastle, Sunderland and Sheffield

Maybe you could have a subscriber text alert service...?

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#23 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 08:45:47 pm
Must have played footy at the Aurora sports club dozens of times and the only time I saw Lights in the sky was after a clash of heads. The Northern general was depressing that night.

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#24 Re: Aurora
January 23, 2012, 09:35:39 pm
Does anyone have any experience of viewing them?

In Glencoe in the freakishly cold winter of '81/'82. Low budget Scottish black & white version though - no colours.

 

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