Aurora Tonight

Thanks for the alert. I'm cross-posting this on sci.astro.amateur because
this indicates a good chance of an aurora in the United States. England is
farther from the North Magnetic Pole than most of the U.S., even the South.

"Richard" wrote in message
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Hi All

Very bright aurora seen this evening with a double arc with a base
height of about 15deg and azimuth range of about 300-040 deg. Top of
display about 40-45 deg. Very bright patches at extreme ends of
display around 10:25pm local time with some horizontal movement of
features.

Could be a good sign of things to come this winter. I know I am lucky
enough to live very north in the UK but if you live in the south do
not think you will never see an aurora. I have seen excellent photos
taken of a display observed from Chichester.

If you want to know more about making observations of the aurora and
to see a few images I have taken from the UK please visit my website
at;

www.morayskies.ontheweb.com

Sorry if you have problems accessing the site, BT are giving me a poor
service.

Richard
57' 42" N, 3' 26"W