David's Astronomy Pages (All Sky Camera)
Aurora on night  2017-11-10 /  2017-11-11

Aurora Notes
Bullet Pictures
Bullet Videos
Bullet Summary Plot
Bullet Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)
Bullet Planetary K-Index Plot (for reference)
Bullet Aurora Forecast, NOAA/Ovation (for reference)
- Weak aurora display (KP3 event) with activity  intermittently visible between 20:25 and 22:00 hUT close to northern horizon. 

Some later activity between 22:00 to 01:00h may be hidden by developing clouds.

Pictures

Panoramic View - Northern Sky
Weak Aurora - 2017-11-10 20:29h UT (GMT). Image #1227901
Note: light pollution from towns in NNW and NNE/NE sky
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Weak Aurora - 2017-11-10 20:29h UT (GMT). Image #1227901
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Weak Aurora - 2017-11-10 20:29h UT (GMT). Image #1227901
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Panorama views of northern sky converted from original fish eye images
30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera  
 

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 Videos

Video: North panoramic view, 5 hour period
2017-11-10 20:00h to 2017-11-11 01:00h UT (GMT), Frames 1227845-8406
Link to .mp4 video file (8.1 MB)
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Night Summary Plot

Night Summary Plot - North Sky (2017-11-10 / 2017-11-11)
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 - 2017-11-10 / 2017-11-11
Original data from Tromsų 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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Planetary K-Index Plot (for reference)

Estimated 3 hour Planetary K-Index (NOAA)
(K indices of 5 or greater indicate storm-level geomagnetic activity around earth)
 (from http://services.swpc.noaa.gov)
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Aurora Forecast, NOAA/Ovation (for reference)

Aurora Forecast at 2017-11-10 23:00h UT for 23:25hUT
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From Space Weather Prediction Centre,  http://www.swpc.noaa.gov

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