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Northern lights visible from London

RedPanda
RedPanda Posts: 4,991
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Anyone see them and can let me know how badly I missed out? I didn't bother as north of me is well lit up.

So I'm jealous of the pictures I'm seeing online, though I think a lot of people could only see them through a camera lens.

There may be another solar storm tonight with more lights visible, locations TBC.
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  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,931



    Bedfordshire 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,054


    Essex
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited May 2024
    Yes, we saw them down here in Shepherdswell (Near Dover). Taken by one of our friends in the village.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,864
    Been in a work bubble the last week and didn’t know anything about this, absolutely gutted to have missed it.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    AFKABartram said:
    Been in a work bubble the last week and didn’t know anything about this, absolutely gutted to have missed it.
    Same here
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,029
    edited May 2024


    most of the images you'll see have been shot on mobile phones.

    I shot this in the street and back garden in Petts Wood on a Nikon Z8 and 12-24mm wide angle.  20 second exposure on a full frame sensor.  A whole lot more light gets in compared to mobile phones and the tiny sensor/lenses.  Thats pretty much straight out of the camera with no noise reduction treatment needed.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,000
    edited May 2024
    I knew about it and still went to bed and forgot.

    Fuming.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,548
    Quite amazing here in Kintyre. Weirdly the best were in the south! Our own pics on phone. Yes it is true you see more through a camera lens, though last night you could see shapes, movement and vague colours with the naked eye. 







  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,112
    Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,413
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
    I must say, you steam a good ham

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,289
    I got these from Beckenham last night


  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,976
    Apparently might be visible again tonight but nit as strongly.

    For those who saw it, how much can you actually see with the naked eye?
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,289
    You could see whispy cloud and that it was pinkish and greenish but not as vibrant or bright as the pictures then show.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,741
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
    May I see it?
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,031
    Blackheath




     
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,031
    All due to this thing. Giant sunspot… about 17 earths across. Picture taken yesterday during the solar viewing session at the ROG.


  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,031
    This is a gigantic solar storm… 7 coronal mass ejections in the last few days, all hitting Earth now … according to my brother who knows these things! 
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    stonemuse said:
    This is a gigantic solar storm… 7 coronal mass ejections in the last few days, all hitting Earth now … according to my brother who knows these things! 

    Yes, it plays havoc with amateur radio traffic and can affect GPS.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,931
    Car alarms were going mental near my house lastnight, guess that was this. 
  • kakaka
    kakaka Posts: 154
    blackfen, you could see it with the naked eye, but not as vivid as in the photo.

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  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,058
    What time did this happen?
  • kakaka
    kakaka Posts: 154
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:
    What time did this happen?
    Around 11pm
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,362
    shine166 said:



    Bedfordshire 
    Did you have to go up a wooden hill to see them?
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,112
    Croydon said:
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
    May I see it?
    No.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,931
    thai malaysia addick said:
    shine166 said:



    Bedfordshire 
    Did you have to go up a wooden hill to see them?
    Concrete steps to my garden 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,137
    shine166 said:
    thai malaysia addick said:
    shine166 said:



    Bedfordshire 
    Did you have to go up a wooden hill to see them?
    Concrete steps to my garden 

    (B-side to Stairway to Heaven?)
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,187
    North Lower Neil said:
    Apparently might be visible again tonight but nit as strongly.

    For those who saw it, how much can you actually see with the naked eye?
    I was getting pics on a group (didn’t know anything about it ) and  we’re high up clear skies in a decent spot and I went outside and thought I’d missed it 
    at a push my naked eye could see a little hazy wispy bit but the photos are all iPhone or whatever jazzed up like it’s been photoshopped 


    booooo there’s always one miserable twunt 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,187


    Even makes my wanky torch light look good 
  • WoodsideValley
    WoodsideValley Posts: 229

    View from my back garden in Sidcup last night. You could see it with the naked eye, but pics accentuate the colours. Have come to the conclusion that the camera on my phone is a bit cack. 

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