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cal216610
7,548 posts
39 months
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I finished work early and the bus is late. It's definitely the beginning of the end.
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XJSsometimeSoon
365 posts
28 months
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cal216610 said: I finished work early and the bus is late. It's definitely the beginning of the end. Bus??? of what is this you speak of?
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cal216610
7,548 posts
39 months
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XJSsometimeSoon said: cal216610 said: I finished work early and the bus is late. It's definitely the beginning of the end. Bus??? of what is this you speak of? bloody iPhone, chauffeur, I ment.
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Mx5guy
2,996 posts
70 months
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Hoping for good northern lights tonight. Yesterday there was a lot of cloud cover so didn't see anything. There wasn't too much cloud cover earlier today but it looks to be getting worse again... 
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Laurel Green
14,897 posts
101 months
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Well I spotted a near-miss over the Olympic stadium, so perhaps air traffic control is being affected.  I was sitting on one of those stone plinths directly in front of the stadium, having cycled down the canal and up onto the Greenway. One plane coming from the south 'tother climbing from the west. North bound slightly higher, at a guess, would say 100/150 feet than the eastbound but about two to three plane-lengths apart. Never for one minute thought there was danger of collision but, thought a tad close for comfort.
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DRCAGE
185 posts
34 months
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Anyone know if these "northern lights" will be viewable from Cambridge?
Thanks
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Laurel Green
14,897 posts
101 months
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DRCAGE said: Anyone know if these "northern lights" will be viewable from Cambridge?
Thanks On previous page: ViperDave said: snorkel sucker said: Chance of seeing the Northern Lights at lower altitudes apparently...
What sort of time is best to catch these; dusk or later on in the night? They usually recommend local midnight but its more a case of if a storm is happening at your midnight you have the best chance of seeing something rather than there is a better chance of a storm at midnight if you see what i mean. bottom line, is it needs to be dark, cloud free and away from light pollution at the same time as a storm, this one is happening now so not much use here at 2pm. keep any eye on the planetary K index halfway down the left column on http://www.spaceweather.com/ to see if the storm continues tonight. A value of 5 you may see something low in the northern sky in Scotland, it would need to be closer to 8 or 9 for the south, although dont rely on the website data!!! HTH.
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MixxyMatosis
387 posts
38 months
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Looks to be on 5 now. Cloudy here in the south so no chance.
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MixxyMatosis
387 posts
38 months
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Maybe of use to see what Kp index is needed in relation to your location as to whether you'll see some action. I need a reading of 9 down here in Essex. 
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Mx5guy
2,996 posts
70 months
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Well I'm in Trondheim (Norway) so need 3, but there was not a thing out there! No clouds either, although it started to cloud over now.
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ViperDave
3,188 posts
122 months
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The IMF Polar angle is returning north again so looks like things are weakening at the moment, it had been firmly in the yellow earlier, the further south it points the greater the chances are that something is going on. http://mms.rice.edu/realtime/justdials.htmldoesn't mean things cant change rapidly though. Just to get you in the mood, this is what they looked like at 35,000ft over northern Canada last month 
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XG332
3,767 posts
57 months
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cal216610 said: Internet is playing up some what a bit and also the mobile. Getting this message on a lot of the threads i can access,  Nope, that's pretty normal.
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jmorgan
17,018 posts
153 months
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If they can clear the clouds.....
There have been a few big bursts lately, but the sun is a sphere (obviously).
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MixxyMatosis
387 posts
38 months
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New CME on the way. Left the sun at 4am should hit us on the 11th at 6:50 am. This one will be a direct hit.
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MixxyMatosis
387 posts
38 months
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Looks like a biggie  edit. Correction, it's only moderate 
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jmorgan
17,018 posts
153 months
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MixxyMatosis
387 posts
38 months
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jmorgan said: Very useful site. I use a few others too so I can see new ones when they are released and how they progress along with the app for my phone letting me know within minutes of them hitting our detector.
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Laurel Green
14,897 posts
101 months
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jmorgan said:  Fantastic.
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jmorgan
17,018 posts
153 months
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jmorgan
17,018 posts
153 months
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MixxyMatosis said: Very useful site. I use a few others too so I can see new ones when they are released and how they progress along with the app for my phone letting me know within minutes of them hitting our detector. Detector? Sounds interesting?
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