Valentinstag-PL über Nordirland

[Wolfgang Dzieran]

Hallo,

habe gerade eine Webseite gefunden mit Bildern vom PL am Valentinstag. Bei uns war es ja total bewölkt - und geomagnetisch liegt Nordirland auch deutlich besser als Norddeutschland:

http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Valentine ... 02011.html

Mal sehen, vielleicht haben die Freunde in Nordirland ja auch heute (1. März) wieder Glück, dann bringen die sicherlich auch wieder einen Bericht.

Clear Skies!

Wolfgang
aus Bad Lippspringe

[janlameer]

Yes Wolfgang, this looks good.

Pretty much like the views I had from the northern Dutch "Frisian" islands.

The north of Ireland is quite a bit closer to the geomagnetic pole, so they should indeed get more sights of aurora then we do here in NW-Europe (Germany, Netherlands).
The same goes for Scotland and of course Iceland.
The thing is though, those places are near the Atlantic and also the stable Icelandic low so the chances on clear skies are, well, low ...

But apart from that, to see the green light in the sky from Ireland or Scotland, well, wouldn't be that something, worth to go and see for yourself ... ?

[janlameer]

Hm, I've been reading his report of the observing circumstances of his location and it sounds almost exactly like I've experienced on the Terschelling island in the north of the Netherlands.
When the wind comes in from the sea or ocean in winter or early spring you get indeed very clear skies so if there is aurora over Island or Greenland, you can see it, as an arc low over the horizon, with beams rising up sometimes.

Still, under those circumstances, it must be freezingly cold there, and I'd rather be in Lapland with a Celcius temperature of -17 and no wind.

JanL