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"ptmike" wrote:

Remember it isn't necessarily the time of the year but the amount of solar
activity so it is a bit pot luck but it helps to be where they will happen

have a look at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/

you can see it in England if all is well , I went to the Arctic Circle
Finland last March and didn't see it :0(

cheers

Mike


30 odd years ago I lives up in Kiruna, Sweden for a couple of years.
The best time to see the aurora was certainly winter time, but I
remember one occasions seeing it in daylight towards the end of May, I
think just before the start of the midnight sun. This was in late
evening, just after sunset, but it never really gets dark at that time
of year.

This was rather different from the usual shimmering "curtains", and
consisted of balls of light rather like cumulus clouds that were
forming and disappearing again after a few seconds. I have never seen
anything like it, before or since.

Martin


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