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18 years 11 months ago #12056 by Bill_H
Just come in, been out since 11pm, now 04.10, kept an eye on the northern sky, but nothing doing here.
Bill H.

Astronomers do it with the lights off.

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18 years 11 months ago #12068 by shanemcd
Checked a few times last night and nothing of any consequence.

However, tons of Red/Amber alerts in my email this morning from www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/
and aurorachasers.com

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18 years 11 months ago #12072 by dave_lillis
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DAMN !!
According to that chart on your link shane, it looks like it peaked at ~7-8 this morning. Are the odds good for tonight or have we totally missed it ??

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18 years 11 months ago #12073 by shanemcd
Yeah - I checked the graphs around midday today and saw that too !

What a pity - I'm not sure about tonight - I think there may be a chance but nothing as big as the spike shown on the graphs for 4am - 8am.

I'll be keeping an eye out, as I did last night (however, last night I did get a glimpse of the 23:39pm ISS pass).

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18 years 11 months ago #12080 by Astro1996
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Every time! its either early morning or raining, its not funny anymore :evil:

You stole my stars springfield!!

No one wrote any poems about stupid orange barf glow...

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18 years 11 months ago #12083 by shanemcd
I agree - the last time was around christmas - it was very cloudy.
I can't remember who, but somebody got a break in the clouds in the early hours and it was around Meath,... somebody spotted a green hue in the sky and posted some good pics on the forums.
Maybe with the summer now we might have some luck.

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