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galpinos:
--- Quote from: SA Chris on January 23, 2012, 02:54:33 pm ---Does anyone have any experience of viewing them?
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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.........
Probes:
I was just wondering what it would be like up on darwen moor :-\... forecast is clear till midnight!?
Dave Flanagan:
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.
rginns:
--- Quote from: Probes on 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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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...
LB1782:
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.