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*klaxon blaring*
⚠️ AURORA ALERT ⚠️
For those that aren't aware, there was a significant X4.5 #solar flare earlier today. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center is predicting the CME from that event will arrive on Monday, Sept 16 (UTC) as a G3 geomagnetic storm!
For people in North America, that means early Monday morning, possibly all the way into the evening.
For Europeans, late Monday morning into Tuesday.
For Aussies et al, early Tuesday morning?
#aurora
Just remember that you might not see anything with the naked eye, but a camera will pick up the colour. Last time, I was able to get out, and once my eyes were used to the dark, I could see faint grey lines and waves in the sky :)
Yeah, thanks! I actually remember the advice from last time, I had managed to stay up the second night we were meant to see the lights, and I thought I might have (thought it was grey streaks like you describe), but looking through the camera it was clearly just a mixture of light pollution and clouds 😭
But forecast says clear skies Monday night, so here’s hoping!
That’s going to be a big ask, but I missed them last time, so I’ll have to at least try!
Just remember that you might not see anything with the naked eye, but a camera will pick up the colour. Last time, I was able to get out, and once my eyes were used to the dark, I could see faint grey lines and waves in the sky :)
Yeah, thanks! I actually remember the advice from last time, I had managed to stay up the second night we were meant to see the lights, and I thought I might have (thought it was grey streaks like you describe), but looking through the camera it was clearly just a mixture of light pollution and clouds 😭
But forecast says clear skies Monday night, so here’s hoping!
Yeah, I’ve got my fingers crossed for tomorrow night. Good luck 🙂
Same to you!