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Aurora 2022-02-03

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Pictures Videos Summary Plot Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference) Planetary K-Index Plot (for reference) Aurora Forecast, NOAA/Ovation (for reference)	- Bright Aurora display visible from NE Scotland  - Activity observed from 20:00 to 23:45 UT. - Peak activity at 20:20, 22:20 & 23:05 -   - Spectacular Northern Lights pictured over Scotland, BBC News -   - Telescope Images from 2022-01-08 >>

Pictures

Panoramic View - Northern Sky

2022-01-08 20:10 UT Auroral arc rapidly building along northern horizon

2022-01-08 27:10 UT Auroral arc brightening and separating

2022-01-08 20:33 UT Double auroral arcs to 15°

2022-01-08 21:17 UT Auroral arc weakened

2022-01-08 21:41 UT Auroral arc to 8° altitude

2022-01-08 22:02 UT Aurora arc climbing to 10° altitude and brightening again

2022-01-08 22:07 UT Rays on NNE part of auroral arc, moving westwards

2022-01-08 22:10 UT Aurora rays / weak curtains developing in N - NNE sky

2022-01-08 22:15 UT Aurora arc to 12° . Arc and curtains quickly brightening

2022-01-08 22:02 UT Very bright curtain in northern sky moving westwards

2022-01-08 22:51 UT Aurora arc and curtains weakening again

2022-01-08 23:01 UT Aurora activity brightening again. Spoilt by a security light on new housing estate to NNE

2022-01-08 23:04 UT Bright aurora arc climbing to 12° altitude.

2022-01-08 2310 UT Aurora activity with moving curtains

2022-01-08 23:17 UT Bright aurora activity in NW-NNW sky, rays to 15-20° in N-NNE sky

2022-01-08 23:21 UT Aurora rays and curtains moving along northern horizon

2022-01-08 23:30 UT Aurora activity reducing

30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

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 Videos

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Night Summary Plot

Night Summary Plot - North Sky (2022-01-08 / 2022-01-09) Times on plot are local times (GMT = UTC +00h ) Strong activity between 20:00 and 23:45 UT. Peak activity at around 20:20,  23:20 and 23:05 UT Stray security lighting / car headlamps from new housing estate affects keogram at several points

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Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)

Magnetometer Stack Plots from Scandinavia (ordered by latitude) H Component - 2022-01-08 / 2022-01-09 Original data from Tromsø Geophysical Observatory (TGO), DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark) and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI, displayed on SpaceWeatherLive http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/magnetometers). Note: Geomagnetometer activity at rvk (Rorvik, 64.95N), dob (Dombas, 62.07N), sol (Solund, 61.08N) and kar (Karmoy, 59.21N) stations are used as indicators for potential auroral activity that may be visible from my Observatory situated at latitude 57.32N  (Map of Stations)

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Planetary K-Index Plot (for reference)

Estimated 3 hour Planetary K-Index (NOAA) (K indices of 5 or greater indicate storm-level geomagnetic activity around earth)  (from http://services.swpc.noaa.gov)

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Aurora Forecast, NOAA/Ovation (for reference)

Aurora Forecast at 2022-01-08 22:00 UT for 23:00 UT (From Space Weather Prediction Centre,  http://www.swpc.noaa.gov )

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