Aurora alert

[ChrisGilbert]

Could be having one in the next day or so ....

http://spaceweather.com/

 

[moaten]

Forecast suggests Friday as having the most potential http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Europe/2012/03/09

 

[davidorff]

wished I lived further north!

 

[Lynton]

are there any reliable predictions as to the extent of which it may be viible in the UK? I.e. how far south?

 

[Carter64]

That map and info on the above link seems to suggest that it'll be visible on the horizon in Moscow, 55degress north, which is roughly the same latitude as Newcastle.
I'm on 54degrees 54', so you never know

 

[gad-westy]

That map and info on the above link seems to suggest that it'll be visible on the horizon in Moscow, 55degress north, which is roughly the same latitude as Newcastle.
I'm on 54degrees 54', so you never know

Great news. Though forecast looks to be broken cloud. Think I'll head over to the coast and keep my fingers firmly crossed.

 

[ChrisGilbert]

Great news. Though forecast looks to be broken cloud. Think I'll head over to the coast and keep my fingers firmly crossed.

Could be 8/8 here, which is a bit rubbish.

Not that we stand a snowball's chance in hell anyway .....

 

[Lynton]

cloud cover here and way too far south though alledgedly could be visible from all over uk

 

[GeordieLass]

If anyone has clear skies may be worth a trip out tonight. Aurora Watch currently has a red alert so a good chance of seeing something if it lasts.

 

[hunnymonster]

That map and info on the above link seems to suggest that it'll be visible on the horizon in Moscow, 55degress north, which is roughly the same latitude as Newcastle.
I'm on 54degrees 54', so you never know

A very different magnetic latitude though between Moscow & Newcastle (consequence of the magnetic pole and the geographical pole not being coincident...)