PSA: aurora on red alert

Just had a red alert ping and unbelievably I can see some clear sky.

Sunset in 10 minutes, so it’s going to be another 45 minutes before it gets dark enough to see anything – clear skies over the Hebrides

Looks like it peaked magnetic activity before it was properly dark here.

Hmm…just not dark enough here and it’s dropped off. Pity, its largely clear tonight

There was nothing here.

The mildest imaginable green here, the sort you’re not even sure if it’s real.

Got the usual green/purple haze thing going on. Just visible without camera tricks.

I’m getting a pretty greeny blue halo north of Inverness. Moving slowly.

Can see it with the naked eye, phone picks it up quite nicely

Shame it dropped down from the red alert

Northwest Sutherland and at the moment there is a dirty great cloud above us.  Went out during the peak alert and the sky was bright, but much of that was the tailend of today’s daylight.

Pale sky here in Carmarthenshire. Possibly wishful thinking though. It’s certainly nothing special aurora-wise but sitting back and just looking at the sky is really nice to do.

It’s on again. Large red streaks.

Just seen a fairly decent view from my attic workroom, here in South Manchester.

Looking out from Marple (south east fringe of That Manchester) over the Kinder plateau

Just further over from you, Woodley – certainly getting green and purples on the camera

Stourbridge. Can’t see with naked eye due to light pollution. 10 sec exposure on iPhone trying to hold it very still.

It’s pretty feint right now here in Beamish. I’ll pop out with the hounds in a bit and see if I can see anything from the top of the hill.

Intensity has dropped off quite a bit as of 9pm according to aurora alert.

I’m on the south coast in Sussex and just seen a post in a local facebook group stating the Northern Lights are visible.  My phone camera is picking up a very faint green glow but nothing notable, perhaps when the neighbours garden stadium lights turn off and the streetlamps turn off later I’ll have more luck!

Intensity has dropped off quite a bit as of 9pm according to aurora alert.

I think the website explains that the current hour often shows a drop due to how they aggregate the data, so don’t assume you’ve missed it

This Ludlow just now

I couldn’t be bothered leaving the house.

My daughter just took this from our front door step in Norfolk.

Certainly more subtle in South Manc. Last two looking south west

Red here in Bedfordshire

Warwickshire

Can see it in the north downs even with the London glow which is nice

Stunning here in mid-Wales.

Definitely a red glow looking north from Dudley…unless Cannock is ablaze…

Naked-eye visible in Worthing area tonight in spite of some cloud too at the moment

Recommended settings on phones ? – just using the night mode on a Samsung S23 Ultra, so it decides exposure time – 3-6 seconds – Could go for the pro mode and set it manually.

My Pixel 6 on Night Mode will attempt a 6s exposure if you can hold it steady enough. Put it in a tripod/mount so that it can’t move at all and it’ll do a 4 minute exposure.

unedited from a Bedfordshire back garden. Really pink to the naked eye

Really clear in Sussex! And very happy cos I missed it last time.