@falcennial Thanks 🙇♂️ I have some DSLR photos that will need some processing & even though it’s almost 2am, I’m going out again, as the peak of the storm could arrive soon 🙂
@markmccaughrean just amazing. thanks for sharing this wonder of the natural world with us on the other side. I am 11:45 am about to vacuum the damn house wondering how that aurora cookin
@markmccaughrean I’m so jealous, my daughter and I ventured out to Happisburgh lighthouse ( great viewing spot with a clear North Sea view ) but on arrival was engulfed with thick ‘pea souper’ sea fog. Waited a bit and returned to Norwich with the low fog / clouds hastily following us. Arrived home late to see nothing and soon got cloud covered ☹️. I think we managed to do everything possible to avoid seeing the display - at least we’ll be OK when all the triffids appear!! 🥀
I was on our beach until 03:30 or so & there was still some excellent stuff going on. But it began to get a bit chilly & my DSLR lens started fogging up as some haar started to develop. So I called it a night & got to bed around 04:30.
The storm is still clearly ongoing though according the magnetic field measurements, so hopefully you’ll have a second chance tonight. Stay away from the sea though 🙂
@synlogic Yep. Not as colourful to the naked eye, as fairly faint & just your rods get activated. But you can see some red & purple when there are brighter curtains. Cameras show the colours beautifully though 👍
@markmccaughrean How much are you able to see just by looking at at the sky? I'm in Bavaria and thought there's nothing at all until I made some shots with my phone.
@Impertinenzija The aurora was very obvious to the naked eye, with lots of structure clearly visible. But it was mostly grey, because it was fairly faint, albeit red was easily seen at points when the auroral curtains brightened.
@markmccaughrean I'm lucky to have some trees around blocking the street lights out, so I was able to see at least some structure as well as soon as my eyes adapted.
But nothing compared to your pics. I love them. ^^
@markmccaughrean Very nice! We’re a bit further south at 44 N but the forecast shows it dipping to lower latitudes in N America. Not sure if that’s simply due to the offset of magnetic North or something else going on.
@AstroMikeHudson Exactly – the magnetic North Pole is in Canada, so the auroral circle is asymmetrically displaced towards North America. On the other hand, all of the 48 contiguous states of the US lie south of all of the UK, so … 🤷♂️🙂
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