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astroman
21-Nov-12, 01:57
My lucky night - clear skies and a lovely auroral display :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8203680687_967ce8ba1f_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57299237@N05/8203680687/
kas
21-Nov-12, 02:56
WOW thats gorgeous.................. Very nice work.
I was out and saw it too, it was the best I have ever seen but I didnt manage to capture it anywhere near as good as that.
Timber-TEC
21-Nov-12, 20:08
Nice shot Gordon.
I've missed main aurora activity last night. I have seen the great show while driving to the beach but it almost died out before I get there, but still ... I have been able to catch some red rays on my time lapse.
madhatters
23-Nov-12, 21:14
newbies to area would love to see a display like this, anyone got any tips where and when best to see this, we central to thurso area.
Moira
23-Nov-12, 22:27
I've lived here all my life and have never witnessed the fantastic Auroras captured by some of our members on camera and posted for us all to share. Many thanks to them.

There is a website you can register with Madhatters, they'll email you in advance of an expected good show of "the lights". I'm sure someone here will advise you about the exact address of the website. It's been mentioned before in previous threads.

Happy Aurora Hunting..... :)
nevergiveup
23-Nov-12, 22:52
WOW!!!Fabulous photograph!
Timber-TEC
24-Nov-12, 15:23
madhatters, check website here http://www.spanglefish.com/caithnessastronomygroup/index.asp?pageid=424219 for basic advice how to increase your chances of seeing aurora, you can also like this one http://www.spanglefish.com/caithnessastronomygroup/documents/PredictingAurora_Basics_CAGWorkshopExtract_Sept201 2.pdf
astroman
25-Nov-12, 02:18
Thanks for the kind comments everyone. It was one of the most dynamic auroral displays I've seen for many years. I'm hoping I'll see a few more over the next year or two :)
richardj
25-Nov-12, 12:17
madhatters

This website provides information on when an Aurora is likely to happen and you can sign up for e-mail alerts - which unfortunately often arrive in the middle of the night!

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

Richard
Mystical Potato Head
25-Nov-12, 13:15
madhatters

This website provides information on when an Aurora is likely to happen and you can sign up for e-mail alerts - which unfortunately often arrive in the middle of the night!

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

Richard

Much better of with these two sites because quite frankly aurorawatch.lancs is a waste of time.You only get alerts,if you're lucky, when a storm is actually underway and you can see it visually anyway
so the alert is pointless.There have been plenty of displays up here and there have been no alerts from aurorwatch.

http://spaceweather.com/
http://spaceweatherlive.com/uk

The spaceweather live site gives you updated info over the last two hours at 10 minute intervals and the graphs turn from green to orange to red to indicate whether the readings are favourable for
aurora or not.Much better to see the various levels increase in almost real time so you can plan ahead.No point getting an alert when the storm is actually underway because by the time you get to a decent location
the aurora may well have subsided.Always best to get out before anything peaks because a sudden flip of the Inerplanetary magnetic field from North to South can trigger aurora almost out of the blue and stop it just as quickly when it flips back to North again.

Belter of a shot Astroman.
richardj
25-Nov-12, 13:31
Mystical Potato Head

Thanks for these links ... as you say the aurora watch tends to be too late in telling you that an aurora may occur.

Richard
Liz
25-Nov-12, 20:22
What a great capture!

I missed it and your beautiful photo makes up for this so thanks a lot for sharing.
astroman
26-Nov-12, 00:27
Not as dynamic a display as earlier this week, but here's a few more pics from Friday night (23/24th Nov).
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8219059074_537ce1b09f_b_d.jpg
www.flickr.com/photos/57299237@N05/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57299237@N05/)
Timber-TEC
26-Nov-12, 10:03
Nice captures again Gordon.
BTW I have seen your noctilucent clouds picture published in latest issue of "Sky At Night" magazine, also congrats on that.
astroman
26-Nov-12, 23:35
Nice captures again Gordon.
BTW I have seen your noctilucent clouds picture published in latest issue of "Sky At Night" magazine, also congrats on that.

Cheers Maciek. It was a nice surprise to see my pic appear in the magazine.