Solar Storm in progress... Aurora possible!

[paulie]

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), blasted away from a sunspot has reached Earth's magnetic field, and it would appear that
There is a chance of seeing Aurora at middle latitudes.The forecast is predicting a Kp index of 8, so hopefully if cloud clears, Aurora may be visible in Scotland/Northern England, and possibly the Midlands!

Check out @VirtualAstro for useful information, including the hash tag #omgweareallgoingtodie

[RaTTuS]

http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/03/17 ... ch-the-uk/

[AndyD]

So no Carrington event then? Is it safe to take my Raspberry Pi collection out of the microwave now?

[morphy_richards]

Could you make a Raspberry Pi powered coronograph and watch the fun as it happens?

[paulie]

It's all kicking off again!!!

http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/

[fruit-uk]

Not here, thick cloud - as so often happens when anything interesting occurs up there