Astronomical Events Observed - 2022

Aurora - 10th / 11th Feb A weak solar storm created an aurora that lasted for about 3 hrs. With multi rays being seen. No colour was visible. Aurora - 8th / 9th March A weak solar storm created an faint aurora that lasted for about 5 hrs. It first appeared as a faint arc with no colour visible. Rays were seen in images. Aurora - 10th / 11th March A very weak solar storm created thid short lived aurora of less than 3hrs duration. A green glow through a break in the cloud was all I was able to record. Seeing 6 aurora in a year I would consider as good. Hopefully its a good sign of increased solar activity for the years ahead. Aurora - 13th / 14th March Aurora activity started during the day. Fortunately as it got dark a hole opened in the Magnetosphere allowing an intense storm of activity. Starting with a faint broad band of light on the horizon it rose higher to for a long arc about 100 deg wide across the sky. This suddenly broke up into beams and waves of rapid motion reaching a peak at 11.30pm before rapidly fading away. The bright moonlight made seeing the colour difficult. Aurora - 27th / 28th March Brief Aurora activity between 21.00 and 23.00. Faint glow visible but only the camera picked up the colours and detail. Aurora - 30th / 31st March Following a large CME a G3 Aurora was expected, however, it was only G2. Activity started at 02.50 with the camera picking up faint green and red bands with a few rays. The aurora was increasing in activity as it was lostin the dawn sky.. Seeing 6 aurora in a year I would consider as good. Hopefully this is a good sign of increased solar activity for the years ahead.

Astronomical Events Observed - 2022

Aurora - 10th / 11th Feb A weak solar storm created an aurora that lasted for about 3 hrs. With multi rays being seen. No colour was visible. Aurora - 8th / 9th March A weak solar storm created an faint aurora that lasted for about 5 hrs. It first appeared as a faint arc with no colour visible. Rays were seen in images. Aurora - 10th / 11th March A very weak solar storm created thid short lived aurora of less than 3hrs duration. A green glow through a break in the cloud was all I was able to record. Aurora - 13th / 14th March Aurora activity started during the day. Fortunately as it got dark a hole opened in the Magnetosphere allowing an intense storm of activity. Starting with a faint broad band of light on the horizon it rose higher to for a long arc about 100 deg wide across the sky. This suddenly broke up into beams and waves of rapid motion reaching a peak at 11.30pm before rapidly fading away. The bright moonlight made seeing the colour difficult. Aurora - 27th / 28th March Brief Aurora activity between 21.00 and 23.00. Faint glow visible but only the camera picked up the colours and detail. Aurora - 30th / 31st March Following a large CME a G3 Aurora was expected, however, it was only G2. Activity started at 02.50 with the camera picking up faint green and red bands with a few rays. The aurora was increasing in activity as it was lostin the dawn sky. Seeing 6 aurora in a year I would consider as good. Hopefully this is a good sign of increased solar activity for the years ahead.