aurora watchers web site

just to add that besides the www.spaceweather.com website, the one I also check if there's an aurora alert is Aurorawatch UK based at the University of York (I think there're still there).

click on www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/

there's a bit of a blip appearing on the current chart. I used this site to monitor the commencement of the major displays last October and November. When the "traffic light" of activity starting going amber then red I got out of Dublin to a dark site toute-de-suite!!!

John F.
South Dublin Astro. Soc.

Interesting site John.

Did you take a look at the section where you can build your own detector?
Should be an interesting project to occupy a weekend.
www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/detectors/compass.html

Michael

Thats an interesting little project alright. Parts can be obtained relatively easily through retailers like Maplin Electronics or Peats of Parnell Street... might give it a go myself sometime...

Seanie

Thats an interesting little project alright. Parts can be obtained relatively easily through retailers like Maplin Electronics or Peats of Parnell Street... might give it a go myself sometime...

Seanie

something like that was in astronomy now about 10 or 15 years ago.
stephen.

I remember that Stephen. It was in an article by Neil Bone, around the same time he gave a lecture here at Astrofest '93 I think it was... It was a very clever device, and he made it so easy to make and demonstrate!

Seanie.