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PaulH
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Did any one else in the UK (or indeed in the world) notice the auroral activity last night and the night before? From the latitude here in Sheffield, this is a rare occurance and I had never seen it before until last night after spending hours glued to the window. Just a fleeting few seconds: it must have been a lot better further north.
Maybe I should have spent the time playing DM :-)
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I heard on the local radio of some people who did see them at about 2am here in Vancouver Canada.

I would of loved to see them last night but it was too foggy. :-(
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We live at 45 degress north lattitude. Three nights ago the
arora was straight overhead. Very unusual. Covered maybe
30 degrees of the sky. No color.....just white and wavering and
changing shape over a period of ten seconds or so.
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Post by beowuuf »

it's been fifteen years or so since i saw one - nice green shimmer , though living dead ccentre in a town always ruins it slightly
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Must be a lot of solar activity. The aurora I saw had no colour either, just a band or arc above the horizon that slowly came into view. Saw some bright meteors too!
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Post by JCG »

We had perfect conditions to see it in Ottawa (except that is was very cold, winter is almost there). It's the first time I've seen one. I stayed almost one hour outside Sunday night around 7, and then again tuesday night around 11 for a wonderful show. Huge green bands moving across the sky in all directions, sometimes very bright at their end near the horizon.
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Well at least you people can see....

I haven't seen one for as long as I been in this world. :(
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outside-stuff, pah! ;)
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Post by PaulH »

hehe... talking of all things skyward, remember to look out for the Leonids around 19th November. I can probably accurately forecast it to be cloudy...
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but that's only three days to complete half life 2....gunna be tight...
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For anybody interested, there is a severe geomagnetic storm in progress, and I have just witnessed the most amazing activity: the sky was on fire! Get outside and look up!
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: ( not out of my windows : (
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Post by PaulH »

You need a bit of luck too: no clouds helps. It can be hit and miss, the activity tends to come in cycles, but at about 2230 GMT (Sheffield UK), there was a huge blue/green arc across the sky, with shafts and pillars radiating out of it, very bright, and a large red cloud that extended almost overhead.
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