[LB1782]

looks like we could be heading for a decent sized geomagnetic storm:

Current activity:
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/Global_activity_now.html

background:
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f5af5daa8514a1b71c00e5cf6&id=408ea038d9&e=82c843abec

too bad it looks mostly cloudy and the skies are midsummer-light

[SA Chris]

Yep, I looked out optimistically a couple of times last night, but horizon to horizon heavy cloud, and light drizzle put me off. Bad timing.

[a dense loner]

Heavy cloud in Aberdeen? 

[SA Chris]

Yeah, Imagine my surprise.

[Stu Littlefair]

So, probably not that visible from Scotland, but check this shit out

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/29/astronomers-find-aurora-a-million-times-brighter-than-the-northern-lights

[Johnny Brown]

Three cheers for Littlefield. Very good!

[Duma]

Nice one Stu!

[a dense loner]

Nice, what's the meaning of "it's the same size as Jupiter but 80 times more massive"? Dense?

[Stu Littlefair]

Yes dense, it's dense.


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[erm, sam]

Having your paper in Nature is well jackson!

[Stu Littlefair]

Nature - the international journal of retractions (http://www.nature.com/news/weak-statistical-standards-implicated-in-scientific-irreproducibility-1.14131)!

This paper's right though, honest...


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[fatneck]

Nice one Stu!

Shame about this though

“They have cool atmospheres with clouds in, just like Jupiter, and now we see they have auroras, too,” says Littlefield

[Teaboy]

I woke up to Stu talking on the radio, very disappointed to not hear anything about Rainshadow just some shit neither I nor Naughtie could get our heads around.

[SA Chris]

Wow, you are one of those cool Astrophysicists, wearing a hoody like Brian Cox and all.

Possibility of aurora in the next couple of days.

[a dense loner]

What was Stu on on the radio? Can it be heard again?

[LB1782]

What was Stu on on the radio? Can it be heard again?

Yup clip here

[a dense loner]

Cheers LB

[Stu Littlefair]

Wow, you are one of those cool Astrophysicists, wearing a hoody like Brian Cox and all.

Possibility of aurora in the next couple of days.

How did you know I had a hoody on? Radio has improved a lot these days...

[tomtom]

Wow, you are one of those cool Astrophysicists, wearing a hoody like Brian Cox and all.

Possibility of aurora in the next couple of days.

How did you know I had a hoody on? Radio has improved a lot these days...

Change in the acoustics...

call yourself a physicist? eh....

[SA Chris]

Wow, you are one of those cool Astrophysicists, wearing a hoody like Brian Cox and all.

Possibility of aurora in the next couple of days.

How did you know I had a hoody on? Radio has improved a lot these days...

Clicked on the link in the article.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/physics/contacts/stuart-littlefair

[mark20]

Perseid meteor shower tonight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33850710

[LB1782]

a rotating-with-the-Sun thing that caused a big geomagnetic storm last time around is back.

Activity bar, 30 min aurora forecast and other stuff here

[LB1782]

decent-sized geomagnetic storm in progress
at the level that is often visible from southern Scotland if there are not any clouds

[SA Chris]

Unfortunately we had full cloud cover. Until about 4 am. Apparently

[tomtom]

Seen a FB pic this morning of the Aurora visible from Mapleton (E.Yorks)..