Amazing Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) seen over London

For over two hours bright Aurora were seen over London on a clear May evening. I produced a nice time laps of the whole event. The Aurora were seen across half the sky which is quite rare when seen from the UK.
Read the original article on the London Northern Lights: www.astropioneer.blog/2024/05...

[@DameDevilDog]

Amazing!

[@AstroPioneer]

Glad you like it 😁

[@Thomas_J_Giraffamann]

Nicely done! Thanks.

[@AstroPioneer]

Thanks for saying so. There must be an insane solar storm going on in space if the Aurora is visible so far south. Simply mind blowing!

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Neat.

[@M6RDPadam]

Wow that's stunning. Near the peak of the sunspot cycle at the moment so you might get some more opportunities over the next year or so. Bit of high level cloud as well last night so just think what that would be like out of the city on a clear night.

[@AstroPioneer]

Absolutely there are rumours that it could be another good night tonight. So I am organising a quick camping trip out to the country. I think you are right the light pollution and cloud definitely held back what we were seeing!

[@anjotheweezky215]

If you added the contrast effect and saturation the colours would of been more visible

[@AstroPioneer]

Thanks for the tip

[@anjotheweezky215]

@@AstroPioneer not a problem

[@blutey]

Great capture. Is it better to take video or photos (timelapse) - or there's no difference? What was the location in London?

[@AstroPioneer]

It's better to take photos as you can get more detail with longer time lapses. Then you can combine It together to make a video. It might reoccur tonight if we are lucky! I took the photos from Welling in south east London.

[@blutey]

@@AstroPioneer Thanks. Missed it last night but hope to have a go in London tonight too.

[@AstroPioneer]

@@blutey good luck!!

[@flamestones]

Where did you capture it? Where in London?

[@AstroPioneer]

I captured it in Welling from south east London, I managed to get into a open park so it was a bit darker than usual!

[@screenname1]

Why are people celebrating this? Noctilucent lights are strange enough, but Aurora Borealis as far south as London???

[@AstroPioneer]

You know they have been seen as far south as the equator, but that is for particularly bad geo magnetic storms.

[@screenname1]

@@AstroPioneer If you say so, but this is most definitely unusual, as is recent weather experienced nearer to the equator, where I am right now.

[@AstroPioneer]

@@screenname1 it's definitely unusual the Sun is at the peak of its cycle and Earth is currently moving through a big cloud of ions that have shot out from it. The biggest worry from it should be satellites being knocked out. The next level up from this would be a Carrington event, which would be truly scary in today's modern world. Let's hope that doesn't happen in our lifetimes. What's happening with the weather at the equator?

[@screenname1]

@@AstroPioneer I've been here for a while. This summer was the first time I noticed tremendous heat and unusual sunlight conditions.

[@AstroPioneer]

@@screenname1 the climate is messed up you can't rely on the seasons being what they were