Aurora Borealis - red alert

u8myufo said:
I think the clue is somwhere in the words " Northern Lights " :shrug:
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So Jerry from mid-Wales (which is about as far north as Birmingham) is letting all our Norwegien TP friends on here know about it?! (and they probably already know?)

So, what is the answer Smart Alec?
 
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Obviously normally best viewed at higher latitudes than the UK, but on a clear night with little light pollution in exceptional activities it can be viewed from here. As far north as possible is best though.
 
Harvey_nikon said:
Here:

http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/alerts


You can also subscribe to their emails and it'll let you know when a red or amber alert is forecast. It was cloudy here anyway, but a RED alert could be visible from anywhere in the UK
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Cheers :thumbs:
I've subscribed to Red and Amber alerts.
Sky cleared in the small hours, lots of stars so visibility was excellent; I might have stood a chance of seeing something as the Red alert was in force until about 3am.
 
elphesadente said:
So Jerry from mid-Wales (which is about as far north as Birmingham) is letting all our Norwegien TP friends on here know about it?! (and they probably already know?)

So, what is the answer Smart Alec?
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No, Jerry from mid-Wales is putting a heads up for those in the UK. Now unless you think Jerry is telling us to pack our bags and nip over to Norway, then it is pretty obvious to me he is referring to us seeing them in the UK. Now even as a teenager I knew which parts of the UK were divided into North, South, East and West plus North East etc etc. So for starters if I lived in Cornwall I know that I aint gonna get much of a picture show if I poked my head over the hill and looked towards the direction of Plymouth or Barnstaple. Unless you can that is :shrug: in which case please accept my apologies :thumbs:
 
u8myufo said:
No, Jerry from mid-Wales is putting a heads up for those in the UK. Now unless you think Jerry is telling us to pack our bags and nip over to Norway, then it is pretty obvious to me he is referring to us seeing them in the UK. Now even as a teenager I knew which parts of the UK were divided into North, South, East and West plus North East etc etc. So for starters if I lived in Cornwall I know that I aint gonna get much of a picture show if I poked my head over the hill and looked towards the direction of Plymouth or Barnstaple. Unless you can that is :shrug: in which case please accept my apologies :thumbs:
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No, I was referring to your complete non-specific and totally unhelpful reply, but why am I surprised to find such a reply on the interweb? Afterall it's faceless and a lot of people like to have a dig when it's uncalled for. Just move on without response if you've nothing constructive to add. It wasn't even funny :cuckoo:

I think we all 'get' Jerry was referring to the UK. No doubt. A question asked soon after was whereabouts? Scotland, Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Southampton??? See what I'm doing there? Starting North and working my way down...1 of those replies could have been deemed as helpful.

As it happens, 1 of the helpful comments provided a link and the link suggests "It is likely that aurora will be visible from everywhere in the UK", whilst on Red Alert, so yes, please do stick your head out of wherever you keep it in Barnstaple, and look due north and you might get a surprise :thumbs:

Apologies not necessary. I'm just sick and tired of non witty / non helpful comments on threads. If you don't like the thread, click off it and move on.
 
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I won't rate my chances of seeing anything like that from my Kent location, especially since there'll be lots of showers over the Southern half of England and the South East tonight.

However, what I am hoping for are some Channel lightning tonight - and to be honest, after what it has been a virtually storm-free 2011 over here, that in itself is as rare as the lights!

Those living over Scotland should stand a good chance of viewing the lights as it'll be a night of variable cloud amounts and clear spells tonight.

(For more weather details, please feel free to take a peek at my very own daily forecast page, all based on my own thoughts: http://thecloudmaster.webs.com/)
 
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We're in SW Scotland and this would be good to see, but it seems to be clouding over quite heavily now, after a reasonably clear morning!
 
I thought so, having read the email I was sent it links to this page:

http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

This shows that the ideal time for the red alert was 00:00 to 03:00 this morning so the alert has passed.

If you sign up to their emails you will get alert emails when the alert starts as they come from real time monitoring, not forecasts.
 
u8myufo said:
No, Jerry from mid-Wales is putting a heads up for those in the UK. Now unless you think Jerry is telling us to pack our bags and nip over to Norway, then it is pretty obvious to me he is referring to us seeing them in the UK. Now even as a teenager I knew which parts of the UK were divided into North, South, East and West plus North East etc etc. So for starters if I lived in Cornwall I know that I aint gonna get much of a picture show if I poked my head over the hill and looked towards the direction of Plymouth or Barnstaple. Unless you can that is :shrug: in which case please accept my apologies :thumbs:
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elphesadente said:
No, I was referring to your complete non-specific and totally unhelpful reply, but why am I surprised to find such a reply on the interweb? Afterall it's faceless and a lot of people like to have a dig when it's uncalled for. Just move on without response if you've nothing constructive to add. It wasn't even funny :cuckoo:

I think we all 'get' Jerry was referring to the UK. No doubt. A question asked soon after was whereabouts? Scotland, Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Southampton??? See what I'm doing there? Starting North and working my way down...1 of those replies could have been deemed as helpful.

As it happens, 1 of the helpful comments provided a link and the link suggests "It is likely that aurora will be visible from everywhere in the UK", whilst on Red Alert, so yes, please do stick your head out of wherever you keep it in Barnstaple, and look due north and you might get a surprise :thumbs:

Apologies not necessary. I'm just sick and tired of non witty / non helpful comments on threads. If you don't like the thread, click off it and move on.
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...and not to mention that if you looked towards Plymouth from Cornwall you'd be looking east, not north :exit:
 
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elphesadente said:
No, I was referring to your complete non-specific and totally unhelpful reply, but why am I surprised to find such a reply on the interweb? Afterall it's faceless and a lot of people like to have a dig when it's uncalled for. Just move on without response if you've nothing constructive to add. It wasn't even funny :cuckoo:

I think we all 'get' Jerry was referring to the UK. No doubt. A question asked soon after was whereabouts? Scotland, Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Southampton??? See what I'm doing there? Starting North and working my way down...1 of those replies could have been deemed as helpful.

As it happens, 1 of the helpful comments provided a link and the link suggests "It is likely that aurora will be visible from everywhere in the UK", whilst on Red Alert, so yes, please do stick your head out of wherever you keep it in Barnstaple, and look due north and you might get a surprise :thumbs:

Apologies not necessary. I'm just sick and tired of non witty / non helpful comments on threads. If you don't like the thread, click off it and move on.
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Sorry! I thought you were talking to me then :shrug: If I click off the thread and move on, is it best to go North or South? Please dont moan about my non helpful comments, you asked the question " Will I see it this far South " and fail to give anybody a clue as to where you are to start with :cuckoo:
 
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Getting back on track...
Another great site for Aurora information is Spaceweather.

They noted the following about the storm that has now subsided.....
"Auroras were seen or photographed in more than half of all US states including Alabama, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Montana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Many observers, especially in the deep south, commented on the pure red color of the lights they saw. These rare all-red auroras sometimes appear during intense geomagnetic storms. They occur some 300 to 500 km above Earth's surface and are not yet fully understood."
 
u8myufo said:
Sorry! I thought you were talking to me then :shrug: If I click off the thread and move on, is it best to go North or South? Please dont moan about my non helpful comments, you asked the question " Will I see it this far South " and fail to give anybody a clue as to where you are to start with :cuckoo:
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??? You quoted shogran, not me.

I know you get the point anyhow...
 
elphesadente said:
??? You quoted shogran, not me.

I know you get the point anyhow...
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I think I quoted Post #3 which unless I am mistaken is yours. Anyhow to sum all this little mess up. I replied to Josh`s question with what I call a light hearted attitude, which imho a few people need to adopt. It was not meant to recieve a rapturous applause from people or even a standing ovation. If you wish to get all worked up and wet between the legs over such a reply then fine. I am sure though that if Josh was offended by my comment then he would either complain to myself or report it. You do however have the choice to ignore such childish remarks I make in future and move on ;)
 
If anyone has an iphone there's an app called 3D Sun which lets you see the space weather and alerts you when there's something that could be coming our way.
 
I know someone who has seen the lights from the ATC tower at Gatwick.

And he's a member of TP so could back me up :D
 
There was some aurora activity last night where I am (Skye).
It was very faint to the eye, but I set up the camera outside the front door for some long exposures and it managed to record some of the lights.

Its not exactly Iceland, but I was still pleased to see them without even leaving the house ;)

I used the zeiss distagon at F2.8 set to infinity and iso 400 for a six minute exposure.

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DuncanDisorderly said:
Nicely spotted :cool:
That didn't seem to register on AuroraWatch - must be pretty darned spectacular when they say there is definite activity!
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I "saw" (I use the word loosely as it was more like a faint white cloud/mist like thing in the distance) them over Northumberland in March when there was low activity on Aurora Watch too. Only worked out what the distant "white cloud/mist thing" was when I took a photo of the sky and it came out bright green!


Gibbet in red by GeordieKat, on Flickr

Not had a day with lots of activity and no clouds yet but i'm looking forward to a day where I can go outside look up and see them overhead and enjoy a display - even if it does mean going back to Canada (saw them there when I was 15)!
 
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