Extreme solar storm aurora chances 11 - 12 th May

[Richard]

Hoping for clear skies tonight to get a view of the southern aurora

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/11/extr ... -declared/

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[TonyT]

You'd need a pretty special night to see the northern aurora from here...

[Richard]

You'd need a pretty special night to see the northern aurora from here...

Yes you would Tony, but where did I post you maybe able to see the northern lights

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Saw nothing last night despite reports of it been seen from Geraldine. cleared up now so chances might be better tonight.

[Kobi]

How possible is it to see this from christchurch?

[cbm]

Seeing it from Waikato with the naked eye! Amazing.

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[Storm Struck]

First time I've ever seen one and without a lense as well, quite a vivid pinky green looking south and SW from the city right now.

[Richard]

Clouded over here, but it should clear

[Richard]

First time I've ever seen one and without a lense as well, quite a vivid pinky green looking south and SW from the city right now.

And that is the light pollution of the city too, wow.

[Karliosis]

Easily visible from my back yard in Christchurch!

[Orion]

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Westerfield Spy took these

[snowstormwatcher]

Easily visible with the Naked eye at Wakanui beach near Ashburton.
unfortunately clouded up to the south not to long after it got dark but managed a few of shots

[Orion]

Yes, deep-scarlet southern sky visible from here in Ashburton even with street-lights and lights from house-windows in the field of vision.
Very pleased to have seen it.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Great display just now in Geraldine. Best I've seen since a great display we saw near Arthurs Pass in the early 1990s in my train driving days.

[cbm]

Just had best one yet, bright red glow went right up almost to directly overhead, covered a whole hemisphere of the sky


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[Richard]

Still bloody cloudy here

[Orion]

Still bloody cloudy here

Commiserations, Richard!

[Richard]

Still bloody cloudy here

Commiserations, Richard!

You can see the clearance is moving north, so another couple of hours and it should be visible

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

At midnight, the 'action' might of ceased but you can see the arc of a glow extending from the SE to the SW what astronomers call "The Sheath"

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Slight reddish hue to the south from here, might be more significant further south. See what happens tonight although I think there might be a veil of high cloud may move over to hinder viewing.

[Orion]

Seen in Namibia and in Mauritius:

For the first time in more than 30 years, Spaceweather.com has received photos of auroras in Africa. They appeared during the historic geomagnetic storm on May 10, 2024.

https://spaceweather.com/