charmedkelly Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Hi Guys I Was Told About The Northern Lights I Was Hoping To Catch The, What Are The Odds Of Me Seeing Them,I Live In Southern England. Kelly Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tddun Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm wondering the same.. and I have clear skies.. somehow I doubt we will see any though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeceeTal2M Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 You've virtually no chance at all i'm afraid, the Aurora is a vary rare event at our lattitudes allthough i do remember seeing a red Aurora back in the late 80's early 90's here in South Wales. It was really spooky seeing what appeared to be a red curtain waving in the sky accompanied by a low hissing sound( not sure if i really heard anything or if it was just my imagination lol ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgs001 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Agreed... virtually none... Looking at the charts online (spaceweather I think it was), the Kp levels need to get up to 10 to get Aurora over southern England, and the current one has been getting up to 5/6... based on the Aurora_Alerts twitter feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Agreed... virtually none... Looking at the charts online (spaceweather I think it was), the Kp levels need to get up to 10 to get Aurora over southern England, and the current one has been getting up to 5/6... based on the Aurora_Alerts twitter feed.I was looking at the NOAA website. It was ALL geek to me but i finally managed to work it all out (Kp levels) at my location (53N) to discover that it has to be a 10 to see them from here. I worked it out that the Kp level here is 7.It was a good learning experience none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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