Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.

Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and
forecast to rise:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:43:41 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.

Also reported on BBC News website.

However not a thing in East Cambs despite fairly clear sky :-((((



Mike

Dave Liquorice wrote:

Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.

Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and
forecast to rise:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html


It was also visible from Tideswell just after 2200. No colour to it, just a
glow of light.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

On Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:43:41 PM UTC, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of

cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in

the last year but cloud is PITA...



Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.



Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and

forecast to rise:



http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html



--

Cheers Dave.

Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

Nothing here Dave, but the BBC has this, this morning:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26378027

"Norman" wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:

Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.

Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and
forecast to rise:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html


It was also visible from Tideswell just after 2200. No colour to it, just a
glow of light.


Similar display on Holy Island when I saw them around 10.30pm.

On 27/02/2014 22:43, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

No clouds here, but my northern horizon is light polluted. Just about
enough aurora in the NW to see slight green colour distinct from light
pollution but not a particularly strong display when I was looking.

It made BBC weather forecast on the late evening news 10.30pm.

Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.

Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and
forecast to rise:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html

Unfortunately it fell back again soon after. Still a nice pre-start for
Astronomy Week which begins tomorrow with local events around the UK.

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

More on Astronomy Week 1-8th March

http://www.astronomyweek.org.uk/

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

(cross post to u.s.astronomy added)

On Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:43:41 PM UTC, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits of

cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other chances in

the last year but cloud is PITA...



Alerts from spaceweather.com and Lancs Uni Aurorawatch.



Kp about 6, which it has to be to produce a visible aurora here and

forecast to rise:



http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/24_hour.html



--

Cheers Dave.

Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

Visible in Aberfeldy as a feint green patchy glow with some pink to the NW

Definate glow to the northern horizon between the little bits
of
cloud. First aurora for years, there may have been other
chances in
the last year but cloud is PITA...

Best show I have ever seen - I was fortunate enough to be
driving home from Aberdeen, and there was no problem finding
dark places just north of the A96 to view it from.

Is there any way of finding out what the peak Kp was, and when
it peaked? The best display I saw was around 22.00, and when I
got home shortly after it had faded,
http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm was saying Kp=6.67, and
predicting a decrease to 6.33 and then 6.0. I stayed up until I
was almost asleep on my feet, but the prediction was for it to
continue to decrease.

https://www.facebook.com/anne.burges...3 9973&type=1 -
the last four are from last night. I resisted the temptation to
tweak the images at all, as even the tiniest available tweak
produced a spectacular but unnaturally bright result.

Anne

On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:46:06 -0000
"Anne Burgess" wrote:

https://www.facebook.com/anne.burges...3 9973&type=1
- the last four are from last night. I resisted the temptation to
tweak the images at all, as even the tiniest available tweak
produced a spectacular but unnaturally bright result.

"This content is currently unavailable."

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate."
- BBC News subtitle

https://www.facebook.com/anne.burges...3 9973&type=1
- the last four are from last night. I resisted the
temptation to
tweak the images at all, as even the tiniest available tweak
produced a spectacular but unnaturally bright result.

"This content is currently unavailable."
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.

Sorry, I have no idea why they would be unavailable.

Anne