Possible aurora tonight (Oct 11th)

[Tiny Clanger]

Probably only Scotland and far north of England stand any chance, and clouds (natch) , but the met office

  https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/specialist-forecasts/space-weather

and spaceweather.com  https://spaceweather.com/  agree , so worth an alert , you never know ....

Heather

[Pixies]

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[HiveIndustries]

Nothing to see here, just parts of the sun on an unfathomable scale being flung towards everything we've ever known and ever will know being dissipated by an invisible force field we barely understand manifested as a continent-sized display of magic-like energy.

No but seriously, Stereo A and B are like the coolest things ever. (best way of how we know when these things come)

Edit: Wow, didn't know they were offline sad news.

Edited October 11, 2021 by HiveIndustries

[Pixies]

Just as long as the neutrinos don't mutate!

[Floater]

43 minutes ago, Tiny Clanger said:

Probably only Scotland and far north of England stand any chance …

Well there’s that well known double positive here in Scotland - Aye, right!

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[Tiny Clanger]

Tsk, such pessimism 🙂 !

 

[callisto]

   😔

[skybadger]

Nothing indicated on aurorawatch from the magnetometers...

 

[Tiny Clanger]

10 minutes ago, skybadger said:

Nothing indicated on aurorawatch from the magnetometers...

 

That's because this is a forecast based on solar activity, rather than a measurement of current activity in the Earth's magnetosphere

Spaceweather.com says:
" NOAA forecasters say there is a 35% chance of geomagnetic storms today, Oct. 11th, when a halo CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. "

[Shimrod]

10 minutes ago, Tiny Clanger said:

That's because this is a forecast based on solar activity, rather than a measurement of current activity in the Earth's magnetosphere

Spaceweather.com says:
" NOAA forecasters say there is a 35% chance of geomagnetic storms today, Oct. 11th, when a halo CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. "

The Glendale app (and website) are a good source of current activity - people post weather and any sightings of aurora. You can also have the website send you alerts so you never miss a chance to look up at clouds  aurora again

[Andy R]

Camera bag and tripod waiting at door, clear skies at the moment. Come on AuroraWatch, give me a sign🤞🤞🤞

[Tiny Clanger]

Just now, Andy R said:

Camera bag and tripod waiting at door, clear skies at the moment. Come on AuroraWatch, give me a sign🤞🤞🤞

Good luck, hope the aurora arrives and shows that far south, and the clouds stay where they are  for you ...

[Dave scutt]

Ment to be able to see it here in Ireland but it's cloudy at the moment 🤞

 

[Floater]

4 hours ago, Tiny Clanger said:

Tsk, such pessimism 🙂 !

 

I prefer to call it realism. And lo! It has come to pass - lotsa cloud and lotsa rain.

For those more fortunate, enjoy. 😑

[skybadger]

11 hours ago, Tiny Clanger said:

That's because this is a forecast based on solar activity, rather than a measurement of current activity in the Earth's magnetosphere

Spaceweather.com says:
" NOAA forecasters say there is a 35% chance of geomagnetic storms today, Oct. 11th, when a halo CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. "

Fair point.

[Zermelo]

Apparently they were seen in Caithness - a bit far for me as a dark site trip.

The last time we had a big CME I thought I saw them on my northern horizon, but afterwards decided it must have been Yeovil.

[ItsmeMaw]

Some of our sat based inventory system where I work is having problems right now.

 

[Malpi12]

Perhaps tonight (12Oct),

this was what I saw in my aurora-watching page a couple hrs ago, looking more intense (at the mo.) than last night.

[Skipper Billy]

Fingers crossed !!!