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Aurora 2016-03-07

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- Moderate G2 Geomagnetic Storm (KP6-) with displays down to Middle Latitudes Northern Lights seen over Scotland, BBC In-Pictures report - Auroral very bright at the apparent peak of the display and reaching zenith (around 20:00hUT).  Norwegian magnetometer readings appear to suggest the actual peak of the storm may have occured 2-3 hours later (around 22:30-23:30 hUT). Despite poor sky views at this time due to snow showers and cloud,  the all sky images from my site don't seem to confirm this later peak. - Observation of display punctuated by clouds and frequent snow shower events (the latter saturate 30s exposures and bring new meaning to the term 'white out conditions') - Images variously affected by melting snow / water drops on lens cover and associated light artefacts

Pictures

Panoramic View - Northern Sky

Aurora & Clouds - 2016-03-06 19:16h UT/GMT. Image #734980

Aurora & Clouds- 2016-03-06 19:54h UT/GMT. Image #735051

Aurora & Clouds- 2016-03-06 19:56h UT/GMT. Image #735054

Aurora & Clouds- 2016-03-06 20:03h UT/GMT. Image #735067

Aurora & Clouds- 2016-03-06 20:15h UT/GMT. Image #735090

Aurora & Snow - 2016-03-06 21:59h UT/GMT. Image #735283

Aurora & Moon- 2016-03-06 22:03h UT/GMT. Image #735290

Aurora & Snow/Clouds - 2016-03-07 00:44h UT/GMT. Image #735591

Panorama views of northern sky converted from original fish eye images 30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

All Sky Views  - 19:54 to 20:02 hUT

Aurora - 2016-03-06 19:54h UT/GMT. Image #735051

Aurora - 2016-03-06 19:57h UT/GMT. Image #735056

Aurora - 2016-03-06 20:02h UT/GMT. Image #735066

Fish eye images, 30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

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 Videos

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Night Summary Plot

Night Summary Plot - North Sky (2016-03-06 / 2016-03-07) Times on plot are local GMT times (= UT time)

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Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)

Magnetometer Stack Plots from Scandinavia (ordered by latitude) H Component - 2016-03-06 / 2016-03-07 Original data from Tromsø Geophysical Observatory (TGO), DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark) and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI, displayed on SpaceWeatherLive http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/magnetometers). Note: Geomagnetometer activity at rvk (Rorvik, 64.95N), dob (Dombas, 62.07N), sol (Solund, 61.08N) and kar (Karmoy, 59.21N) stations are used as indicators for potential auroral activity that may be visible from my Observatory situated at latitude 57.32N  (Map of Stations)

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