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Aurora still going!
What a night! It's still going strong, and for once I've got clear
skies ) I'm starting to feel a bit cold and tired though, so I'll probably only have another short look before heading to bed (which probably means I'll be out for hours yet ) This has probably been the best display I've ever seen, and definitely the most active and "flickery". I've taken loads of pics, but unfortunately only on film as I left my digital camera at work :[ One interesting(?) thing I noticed though was that there were lots of "pulses" of activity (maybe streams of particles?) coming up from the West, passing overhead - with a little wiggle - and down to the East. I was expecting that after midnight it would have changed to go the other way, but it's still very consistently from West to East. Is there a reason it flows that way? I'd have thought it to be more likely to go the other way, due to the Earth's rotation, but maybe there's some interaction with the magnetic field? David P. -- Nattering Nabob #1 of the MOHSG (alpha version of .sig) |
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Aurora still going!
Well... in Gloucester the cloud *still* hasn't cleared.
The reports nationwide sound fantastic. wrote in message ... What a night! It's still going strong, and for once I've got clear skies ) I'm starting to feel a bit cold and tired though, so I'll probably only have another short look before heading to bed (which probably means I'll be out for hours yet ) This has probably been the best display I've ever seen, and definitely the most active and "flickery". I've taken loads of pics, but unfortunately only on film as I left my digital camera at work :[ One interesting(?) thing I noticed though was that there were lots of "pulses" of activity (maybe streams of particles?) coming up from the West, passing overhead - with a little wiggle - and down to the East. I was expecting that after midnight it would have changed to go the other way, but it's still very consistently from West to East. Is there a reason it flows that way? I'd have thought it to be more likely to go the other way, due to the Earth's rotation, but maybe there's some interaction with the magnetic field? David P. -- Nattering Nabob #1 of the MOHSG (alpha version of .sig) |
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Aurora still going!
"Chris Berry" wrote:
Well... in Gloucester the cloud *still* hasn't cleared. Bummer! I know how you feel - I'm usually staring at a solid wall of grey every time there's anything interesting like an aurora display, meteor shower, occultation or whatnot. I think when I retire I'll move somewhere with nice clear skies The reports nationwide sound fantastic. Seems like it's visible pretty far South tonight, which must make it noteworthy. I wonder who's claiming the most southerly observations. David P. -- David_Paterson = ¦ ; Senior programmer There are three kinds of people in the world - Visual Science Ltd. those who can count, and those who can't... |
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Aurora still going!
I saw in from Southampton, very briefly, when the clouds cleared.
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