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- Auroral activity on the night 2026-03-06  / 2026-03-07 associated with a period of geomagnetic activity up to Kp4 Skies in NE Scotland were generally clear for the whole display, but were affected by moonlit skies after midnight. Activity was visible on camera images from around 21:30 to 03:30 UT (GMT) with peak between 22:15 and 00:00 UT (GMT). Observed activity comprised a green aurora arc up to 9° altitude, moving curtains and green rays with occasional red rays up to 20° altitude. Colour increasing subdued by moonlit after midnight. Images and video below compare colour images captured by the north facing Tapo C325WB Camera, with the black/white images captured using the existing AllSky Camera at approximately the same time.   -  Scandinavian magnetometers recorded activity from 21:30 to 04:00 UT with peak activity at around 22:30, 00:00 and 02:00 UT   Lerwick Magnetometer shows activity up to K4.     - Telescope Images from 2026-03-06 >> - -

Night Summary (Keogram) Plot

Night Summary Plot - North Sky (2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07) Aurora Activity visible on colour keogram from 21:30 to 03:30 UT (GMT) with peak between 22:15 and 00:00 UT (GMT) Note: Times on plot are local times (GMT)

Night Summary Plot - North Sky  (2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07) Note: Times on plot are local times (GMT = UT) Aurora Activity faintly visible on b/w keogram from 22:15 to 00:00 UT and again at 01:15 t0 03:15

Scandinavia Magnetometers vs NorthCam Keogram -  2025-12-12 / 2025-13-13

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Pictures (AllSky Camera) - Under Construction *** (pictures here are from an earlier display) ***

Panoramic View - Northern Sky

2026-03-06 21:41 UT (GMT) Aurora arc developing

2026-03-06 21:55 UT (GMT) Aurora arc developing rays

2026-03-06 22:16 UT (GMT) Aurora arc brightening and rising in altitude

2026-03-06 22:17 UT (GMT) Aurora arc, curtains developing

2026-03-06 22:19 UT (GMT) Aurora curtain and with green and red rays

2026-03-06 22:21 UT (GMT) Aurora arec, with rays, lower arc developing

2026-03-06 22:23 UT (GMT) Aurora arcs, red, crimson rays. Orange (mixed colour) ray in NE direction Aurora brighter than light pollution from town in NNW direction

2026-03-06 22:39 UT (GMT) Red rays in NNW direction.

2026-03-06 22:40 UT (GMT) Bright red aurora in NNW direction

2026-03-06 22:51 UT (GMT) Green aurora

2026-03-06 23:25 UT (GMT) Auroral arc with lower curtain/arc Moonlight interference beginning (Moon at 6° altitude in SE sky, 88% phase)

2026-03-06 23:37 UT (GMT) Broad auroral arc

2026-03-06 23:49 UT (GMT) Slight brightening in aurora, very faint violet rays

2026-03-06 23:58 UT (GMT) Auroral becoming chaotic in N to NW direction

2026-03-07 00:24 UT (GMT)  Aurora colours becoming subdued by bright moonlit sky.  (Moon at 11° altitude in SE sky, 87% phase)

2026-03-07 01:39 UT (GMT)  Aurora arc close to northern horizon (Moon at 16° altitude in SSE sky, 87% phase)

2026-03-07 02:30 UT (GMT)  Very faint aurora, lost in bright moonlight Contrail from passing plane (Moon at 17° altitude in S sky, 87% phase)

15s frames taken with Tapo C325WB Colour Camera vs 30s wider-field exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

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 Videos

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Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)

Magnetometer Stack Plots from Scandinavia (ordered by latitude) H Component - 2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07 Activity from 21:30 to 04:00 UT with peak activity at around 22:30, 00:00 and 02:00 UT 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)

Graphed using 'make your own graph' facilities at  https://flux.phys.uit.no/compose/   (Tromsø Geophysical Observatory  ) Original data from Tromsø Geophysical Observatory (TGO), DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark) and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Data also displayed on SpaceWeatherLive's Europe Stackplot at  http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/magnetometers).   Clair Observatory data below at same scale.

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Planetary K-Index Plot (for reference)

Estimated 3 hour Planetary K-Index (NOAA)  (from http://services.swpc.noaa.gov) Planetary-k-index_ 2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07 Not captured

SAMNET's magnetometer at Sumburgh, Shetland  (Chart Explanation)  - Geomagnetic activity on the night  2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07 Plot shows elevated activity from17:00 to 01:00 UT with peak activity at a19:00-20:00 UT

8-day Lerwick Observatory K Index Showing max K5 on the night  2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07

Planetary K-Index and other information (Space Weather Prediction Centre) shows maximum Kp5- during the night  2026-03-06 / 2026-03-07

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Aurora Forecast, NOAA/Ovation (for reference) 

Aurora Forecast for 2026-03-06 23:09 UT (From Space Weather Prediction Centre,  http://www.swpc.noaa.gov )

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