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From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: OT: Auroras
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 15:46:17 +0100
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On 10/05/2024 04:18, Wanderer wrote:
> Anyone in Europe seeing Auroras?
> 
> https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast#

Yes. On Friday night the aurora was very strong and it ran from horizon 
to horizon N-S where I was up near Alnwick. Brighter than the milky way 
and visible in a still slightly light sky with a thin crescent moon.

I couldn't see any colour in it but it was in moving ribbons. Alas my 
best camera for taking deep sky time exposures was out of battery :(

https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/may/11/northern-lights-dazzle-the-uk-and-europe-in-pictures

I haven't seen one that bright for over two decades. I missed two 
similar ones last month and the month before visible from where I live. 
Luck of the draw whether it is clear or cloudy. I have never seen one 
that reached so far south and remained bright all the way.

A few friends have good photos of it. It was seen from the entire UK and 
down as far as parts of Germany (and Hokkaido in Japan).

-- 
Martin Brown