Aurora Borealis red alert for the Uk tonight.

[iGiDK]

The aurorawatch UK site is a good shout, I tend to keep an eye on spaceweatherlive.com as well (in simple terms in UK you basically need the KP to be 7/8+ and the Bz to be South, and a bit of luck)

 

[jaybee]

FFS why did I hear nothing of this. Of all the **** that we hear about via social media and "news", I saw nothing about it!
Is there a chance to see it again tonight or is that it done?

 

[adidan]

Didn't see a blummin thing.

 

[Rroff]

FFS why did I hear nothing of this. Of all the **** that we hear about via social media and "news", I saw nothing about it!
Is there a chance to see it again tonight or is that it done?

Solar activity remains high with ongoing X class activity so chances are possible for a repeat tonight and/or over the coming days.

 

[tonys]

Didn't see a blummin thing.

Same here, possibly just a very slight tinge to the light pollution around me.

 

[doodah]

Here's a few of the ones I got near Wimbledon

Bravo, what time was this? In the brief moments I opened my eyes, couldn't see jack (I'm in Morden).

Edit - mind you the only time I've seen them was in Orkney and was hard to see with the eye. My camera had no such issue.



Orkney 2016.

 

[Penfold101]

If you go outside and can’t see anything, take your phone out and use the camera - even without taking a photo, it will pick up the aurora in the sky and show it on the screen when it doesn’t look there’s anything there with the naked eye

 

[tonys]

If you go outside and can’t see anything, take your phone out and use the camera - even without taking a photo, it will pick up the aurora in the sky and show it on the screen when it doesn’t look there’s anything there with the naked eye

Tried that, just a black screen

 

[Kenai]

Tried that, just a black screen

The phone has to be turned on

 

[XeNoN89]

Bravo, what time was this? In the brief moments I opened my eyes, couldn't see jack (I'm in Morden).

Edit - mind you the only time I've seen them was in Orkney and was hard to see with the eye. My camera had no such issue.



Orkney 2016.

We noticed the glow out of the window at about 10:30 and was walking around outside until about midnight taking lots of photos

 

[tonys]

The phone has to be turned on

Oh, that's what I was doing wrong, old age brain fart.

 

[Freefaller]

who needs to go to Scandinavia

 

[Capt Doufos]

It was a real treat here on the Essex/Suffolk border, we aren't in an ideal location and had to wait until the street lights turned off to get it at it's best (about 23:30) but the pillars and pink/green's were visible to the naked eye and you could definatley see it moving.

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Yup, longer exposure modes on the ol' phone worked for me.

 

[Lord-Jaffa]

Bravo, what time was this? In the brief moments I opened my eyes, couldn't see jack (I'm in Morden).

Edit - mind you the only time I've seen them was in Orkney and was hard to see with the eye. My camera had no such issue.



Orkney 2016.

Dayymmm, What exposure length did you use it to achieve that?

 

[mrgubby]

Directly overhead at Bempton Cliffs last night

 

[Efour]

Directly overhead at Bempton Cliffs last night

Warp gate activated.
Jump point forming captain
make it so!

theres a mash of scifi stuff

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Couple from behind the house last night.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

 

[Penfold101]

Warp gate activated.
Jump point forming captain
make it so!

theres a mash of scifi stuff

“I’m absolutely tripping balls Captain.”

Spock, probably.