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Budgie:
For those of you still awake, there is a great light show on tonight.

The Aurora is currently giving it's best show so far this winter for the UK and I'm stuck in work!!  :cry:  ](*,)

The earth was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun this afternoon and this has set off some great auroral activity. It's been going for about 3 hours now in Stornoway and is quite strong. Official activity level is 10, out of 10!!  :shock:

If you are in the northern part of the UK, have clear skys and don't have any towns near you then look towards the North at about 45 degrees elivation and see if there is a greenish glow in the sky.

You may see something like this:


Good luck.  :wink:

Oh, and here's some links for anyone interested.  :wink:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/
http://www.spaceweather.com
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

muddyman:
I would love to see that light show, one day I will

Frankie-Boy:
Hmmm, I wonder if there'll be a show when I visit Duncan next month?

laser_jock99:
I got some e-mail alerts that it was likely to happen from here:

http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch

You can subscribe to the alerts on their website.

Sadly it was very cloudy here in the Midlands. A friend in York was able to see something through gaps in the cloud,

Bush Tucker Man:
Will there be the remnants of it tonight/early morning??

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