Tempus Fugit Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 will be worth looking for the northern lights tonight (sunday 15/7) if it stays clear enough, there have been the effects of the aurora on radio signals since mid afternoon so maybe a chance of a visual display when it goes dark enough ~ and the heavens don't cloud over as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 will be worth looking for the northern lights tonight (sunday 15/7) if it stays clear enough, there have been the effects of the aurora on radio signals since mid afternoon so maybe a chance of a visual display when it goes dark enough ~ and the heavens don't cloud over as usual I take it this is as a result of the very large solar flare that was on the news a couple of days ago. How many days of aurora display could we expect to see from this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 will be worth looking for the northern lights tonight (sunday 15/7) if it stays clear enough, there have been the effects of the aurora on radio signals since mid afternoon so maybe a chance of a visual display when it goes dark enough ~ and the heavens don't cloud over as usual I take it this is as a result of the very large solar flare that was on the news a couple of days ago. How many days of aurora display could we expect to see from this? I think it takes 40 hours or so for the heavy particles from the eruption reach the earth's atmosphere to cause the aurora. You'll usually only get one event, maybe just the one day or a few hours, this one seems to have rotated across the states and by the time it comes back across russia it is fading out, there's little of it left today I went out late last night but didn't see any display, but took advantage of the radio effects during the afternoon here's one of the images of its current position http://www.solarham.net/ shows a lot of info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Will bet anyone 5k that the world doesn't end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Is that 5k Yen, HeliX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdose Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Could be seen from Ramsey last night according to a few folk. Pretty gutted I missed it if that's the case, didn't even get to see them when I was in Kiruna a few years back All credit to Gareth Pinckard for the photo. Link here: http://www.bbc.co.uk...of-man-18872371 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Gutted I missed it too. The last time I heard that it might be visible, it was cloudy and raining. I didn't even hear that it would be visible this time. Might check tonight though, just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Gutted I missed it too. The last time I heard that it might be visible, it was cloudy and raining. I didn't even hear that it would be visible this time. Might check tonight though, just in case. seems to have all gone flat again, so you might just get wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 is it just me or do people just upload very dark pictures without any tweaking, and you can hardly see anything ? Aren't digital cameras supposed to be capable of adjusting their own exposures for those who can't work them manually ? the original hystogram is rather limited does this look a little better ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'd prefer the original, which I presume is closer to what was actually seen, rather than some over brightened and unreal version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Judging by that tweaked shot, quite a few other people were up there too. I wish the local media had let us know beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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