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Wooooow!!!! 😲😍

Almost as good at May's show!

Strong and stable?

Oh dear, when will I get some sleep?

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Pff shit like this is why life is worth living.
Stay up, be tired, have memories.

It's better than going to a Steps concert or watching TV

Over Henham ….

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The live camera feed from Kangerlussuaq Airport (about 50km north of the Artic circle in Greenland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4pb20EqJc

Has a pretty funky lightshow at the moment.

Too right! Woke up again at 6 and it was still going!

Nice!

Wow.... I really like the family one.

No pictures, but quite a good display of purple and green over Norwich last night. No it wasn’t the Premiere Inn!

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was out at about 9.30 last night and saw a red light through the trees at the end of my sisters garden just thought it was a light at the local industrial estate, about 11pm she texted me to say the northern lights were out so popped out to have another look ... nothing. then about midnight my portable radio started to cut out so thought i might pop out again, saw vivid reds and streaks through the sky. was pretty impressive and the first time i have definitely seen the northern lights. glad to have ticked it off the bucket list.

What are the chances of seeing it tonight? Considering getting to somewhere dark later

Stepped out of front door about 10pm yesterday to go on a aurora hunt armed with multiple social media accounts running to keep up to date with sightings...only to see it above my house!

Still supposed to be good. The CME that triggered it was a very large one and we are currently at the peak of the cycle for aurora apparently. I'm definitely going out l looking for it!

Can anyone explain this comet image on the Guardian? Surely there’s no way it can appear as a dark shadow like this? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/comet-a3-last-seen-in-neanderthal-times-could-be-sighted-from-uk-this-weekend#img-1

It can’t be right, right? Isn’t it a meteor? I google image searched it and the Guardian is the only one with that image. It also says it’s only been sighted in the southern hemisphere but that image says Geneva. Bizarre

It can now be seen in the NH too. No idea if that picture is correct though

That is a vapour trail - the Guardian is turning into facebook. What light do they think might be behind the “comet”? And in what sense is it “streaking” across the sky?

Is there a forum recommended device for taking pictures from the eyepiece of a telecope with an iPhone? Trying to hold the phone in position just isn't working.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/move-shoot-move-tridapter-smart-phone-adapter.html
I bought one recently and so far it seems excellent, much better than ones I have had before.

That was my conclusion too - contrail

Nice one, thank you.

They've changed it now.

Went out last Thursday to try and get a wide field shot of Pleiades and the California Nebula, was rudely interrupted by the aurora. Totally ruined the hundreds of tracked shots I took, but was tres pretty and left me with this after a bit of stacking.

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