Aurora Borealis red alert for the Uk tonight.

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Thats the other issue isn't it winter skies are always clearer due to the fact its colder theres less moisture in the atmosphere frosty nights best of all as its all frozen out on the ground. When I used to astronomy from teh garden as a kid it was rarely worth bothering during the summer as the glow from the street lights bleached almost everything else out
Not necessarily up high north though given it snows a lot :)

August-September and March-April are usually the "best times" to try and catch them :)
 
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I'm gonna guess clickbait on that. Any news outlet with a headline "Police spotted on busy Southampton road - this is what happened" doesn't gain my trust or readership.

No alerts on the SpaceWeatherLive app either. It has lots of detail but can also take a little more interpreting mind!
 
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Anyone else noticed how much clearer the skies are now a lot of towns have switched to LED street lights? Also out in the countryside that distant yellow glow has vanished.
 
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Anyone else noticed how much clearer the skies are now a lot of towns have switched to LED street lights? Also out in the countryside that distant yellow glow has vanished.

Yup.

Although, according to my friend who has done a PhD on moths (!) the new lights are confusing all of wildlife and causing problems because of the ‘type of light’. Not entirely sure how that works, but kind of interesting. Maybe. Oh ok I just wanted to show off that I know someone who has done a PhD on moths… if you’ve got it, flaunt it.
 
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Yup.

Although, according to my friend who has done a PhD on moths (!) the new lights are confusing all of wildlife and causing problems because of the ‘type of light’. Not entirely sure how that works, but kind of interesting. Maybe. Oh ok I just wanted to show off that I know someone who has done a PhD on moths… if you’ve got it, flaunt it.

Is he employed/employable?

e: or she, they, and so forth.
 
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Yup.

Although, according to my friend who has done a PhD on moths (!) the new lights are confusing all of wildlife and causing problems because of the ‘type of light’. Not entirely sure how that works, but kind of interesting. Maybe. Oh ok I just wanted to show off that I know someone who has done a PhD on moths… if you’ve got it, flaunt it.
I have a PhD in moths. Thour pluth thour ith eight.
 
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Yup.

Although, according to my friend who has done a PhD on moths (!) the new lights are confusing all of wildlife and causing problems because of the ‘type of light’. Not entirely sure how that works, but kind of interesting. Maybe. Oh ok I just wanted to show off that I know someone who has done a PhD on moths… if you’ve got it, flaunt it.

Ita probably because it's not a natural light source where as incandescent bulbs are (the light comes from the temperature of the bulb, similar to the sun). The spectrum is completely different.
 
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