Anyone in Europe seeing Auroras?
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OT: Auroras
May 10, 2024
Last reply: 2 years ago
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That's similar to what I saw in Maine. I almost didn't see it. It was like a hazy night with the moon out. I went out to try figure out where the moon was and realized the whole sky was glowing. Studying the haze I could make out streamers and pulsing shapes but no colors. It was white like moonlight and bright.
Yes. On Friday night the aurora was very strong and it ran from horizon to horizon N-S where I was up near Alnwick. Brighter than the milky way and visible in a still slightly light sky with a thin crescent moon.
I couldn't see any colour in it but it was in moving ribbons. Alas my best camera for taking deep sky time exposures was out of battery :(
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I haven't seen one that bright for over two decades. I missed two similar ones last month and the month before visible from where I live. Luck of the draw whether it is clear or cloudy. I have never seen one that reached so far south and remained bright all the way.
A few friends have good photos of it. It was seen from the entire UK and down as far as parts of Germany (and Hokkaido in Japan).
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