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2015-06-23
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bhagany06:06:34

If anybody here has a higher latitude than ~40 (in either hemisphere), and it's night, see if there are aurorae. It's really quite fantastic. https://twitter.com/bhagany/status/613230512455315456

joelkuiper12:06:13

@bhagany: very nice! I was in NL but too cloudy here (and a bit too low, even). Love to see them some time simple_smile

bhagany13:06:34

@joelkuiper: thanks! Forecasts look like there's a possibility of more activity over the next 2-3 days, so you've still got a shot.

joelkuiper13:06:21

@bhagany: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joelkuiper/sets/72157650954258037 these are the best shots I got back in March (got around 8Kp!)

bhagany13:06:40

oh nice! scrolling now

joelkuiper13:06:44

but it’s really trick in NL 😛

joelkuiper13:06:16

when I was in Iceland I just missed them, was a tad annoyed by that 😛

bhagany13:06:57

oh man, I bet that would have been amazing. getting somewhere further north during a solar storm is one of my life goals

joelkuiper13:06:04

same here 😄

bhagany13:06:24

looks like you got lucky with a few meteors simple_smile

bhagany13:06:37

or satellites?

joelkuiper13:06:49

I’m not completely sure, they might be airplanes or satellites

joelkuiper13:06:05

it’s hard to tell from the pictures (at least for me), and I didn’t notice them when taking the shots

bhagany13:06:30

do you recall how long the exposures were?

joelkuiper13:06:36

around 30”

joelkuiper13:06:13

most were also pushed at least a stop in Lightroom, you really don’t see anything in NL (even with a big 8Kp storm)

bhagany13:06:57

interesting… you're further north than I am

bhagany13:06:06

(this was by far the best I've seen here, though)

bhagany13:06:13

I'm at about 45 degrees north

bhagany13:06:34

at 30 seconds, I think those must be meteors…

bhagany13:06:16

also, for reference, the exposures I posted to my twitter were, I think, 4"

joelkuiper13:06:08

@bhagany: well could be that the ovation map was in your benefit 😉 I’ll keep an eye out!

bhagany13:06:46

@joelkuiper - oh, it most certainly was. I doubt I'll see anything like it anytime soon.

bhagany13:06:31

It's always just surprising to me just how far north northern Europe is simple_smile

bhagany13:06:45

given that you get better weather

joelkuiper13:06:34

yeah the gulf stream really takes care of that simple_smile

stian14:06:13

bhagany: You get auroras like that as far south as 40? I live around ~60, very rarely see them. Only times I've seen something remotely like the image was above the polar circle.

bhagany14:06:27

@stian: last night was very, very rare. I've only seen aurorae from here 3 or 4 times before.

bhagany14:06:49

and certainly nothing that good

stian14:06:16

oh, yeah, seems like yesterday was pretty major. http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast-non-flash/

stian14:06:13

kp 8 listed for the 23th

bhagany14:06:34

yeah, there was a solar flare, I think

bhagany14:06:41

we were still at 7 here only a few hours ago

spicydonuts16:06:17

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