Stunning Northern Lights Possible tonight and the next few nights!

[Analog]

Skywatchers will be hoping for clear skies from today because particles from a recent solar storm will slam into Earth and produce amazing Northern Lights, or auroras.
On the downside, experts expect radio blackouts for a few days, caused by the radiation from the flare – or coronal mass ejection (CME) – causing magnetic storms.
The flare is part of a larger increase in activity in the Sun, which runs in 11-year cycles. It is expected to peak around 2013.

Stunning Northern Lights are expected in the next few days from radiation produced by a huge solar flare
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[randomrogue]

How far south might they be? This isn't something you can see anywhere on Earth.

 

[randomrogue]

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html

 

[destrekor]

Doesn't sound like anything tonight.

spaceweather.com is stating a 24hr max of a Kp=2 on the K-index... which essentially means it won't be visible far from the poles due to such a low intensity of solar particles.
But it does sound like tomorrow could bring a stronger potential, but don't expect anything drastic, like visible activity above Ohio. Could happen, and I'll hold my breath a little because I'd love to see the display (I'd probably buy film (omg where? lol) and do a few long-exposures on my SLR).

 

[Jeff7]

Doesn't sound like anything tonight.

spaceweather.com is stating a 24hr max of a Kp=2 on the K-index... which essentially means it won't be visible far from the poles due to such a low intensity of solar particles.
But it does sound like tomorrow could bring a stronger potential, but don't expect anything drastic, like visible activity above Ohio. Could happen, and I'll hold my breath a little because I'd love to see the display (I'd probably buy film (omg where? lol) and do a few long-exposures on my SLR).

Awesome, got the pictures.
Now to get them developed......somewhere.......:hmm:

 

[destrekor]

Awesome, got the pictures.
Now to get them developed......somewhere.......:hmm:

truth lol

Just about any photo place will take them (camera store or Target, Walgreens, etc), but half of them mail them to some central facility.

 

[silverpig]

Doesn't sound like anything tonight.

spaceweather.com is stating a 24hr max of a Kp=2 on the K-index... which essentially means it won't be visible far from the poles due to such a low intensity of solar particles.
But it does sound like tomorrow could bring a stronger potential, but don't expect anything drastic, like visible activity above Ohio. Could happen, and I'll hold my breath a little because I'd love to see the display (I'd probably buy film (omg where? lol) and do a few long-exposures on my SLR).

If you have a DSLR, CCDs and CMOS sensors are superior to film for long exposures.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

We don't get to see the sky this week.

 

[destrekor]

If you have a DSLR, CCDs and CMOS sensors are superior to film for long exposures.

But not for the beauty. True film grain, on a large print of an original film negative, is amazing. Depending on target print size, high iso film (6400) is vastly superior to a similar digital setting.
Couple that with the colors and natural soft appearance of the aurora borealis, a perfect application of film for artistic purposes.

I do want a DSLR, but I want full-frame sensor, and they are still insanely expensive.

 

[arrfep]

But not for the beauty. True film grain, on a large print of an original film negative, is amazing. Depending on target print size, high iso film (6400) is vastly superior to a similar digital setting.
Couple that with the colors and natural soft appearance of the aurora borealis, a perfect application of film for artistic purposes.

I do want a DSLR, but I want full-frame sensor, and they are still insanely expensive.

Unfortunately, with film you have to deal with color-shift from reciprocity failure. Pick your poison, I guess.

If we get clear skies in N. IL tomorrow night, I may drive up to rural WI and see what I can see.

 

[Analog]

maybe the next few nights?

 

[Kelvrick]

I hope it reaches anchorage.