{"id":1899,"date":"2011-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:21:34","slug":"aurora-august-2010-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/aurora\/aurora-august-2010-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora August 2010 – May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Aurora season has got off to a quick start, thanks to a large coronal hole & 2 C3 eruptions from a sun spot directly facing earth.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this bodes well for the season as the Sun gets more active.<\/p>\n

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I picked up this display at just after 0100 local on the 4\/5 August. It lasted till 0300 local, when the background light got too bright.<\/p>\n

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It was also captured by Alan Tough from Elgin.<\/p>\n

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This photo was taken also on the 4\/5 Aug by Lee Macdonald from the Galoway Astronomy Centre.<\/p>\n

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Cynthia Douglas managed to spot a weak aurora whilst in transit from Inverurie to Huntly on the 13\/14 November.<\/p>\n

It was a weak green arc about 60 degrees wide, and was the result of a coronal hole.<\/p>\n

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On the 6\/7 Janury 2011 a coronal hole strike occured. The above is a panorama taken from my croft at Glenbarry, Banff. It is composed of 4 shots, and each exposure required 15 secs.<\/p>\n

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This photo was also taken on the 6\/7 Jan 2011 by Mike Alexander of the Galloway Astronomy Centre.<\/p>\n

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A weak green glow was spotted by Alan Tough from Elgin on the 14\/15 Feb 2011.<\/p>\n

This was the result of a coronal hole.<\/p>\n

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A large coronal hole strike occured on the night of 1\/2 Mar 2011.<\/p>\n

Alan Tough of Elgin caught it nicely in this shot.<\/p>\n

All I managed to see was a green glow behind the clouds.<\/p>\n

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I picked up a very weak glow on the northern horizon on the 7\/8 from my croft in Glenbarry, Banffshire.<\/p>\n

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Alan Tough captured this image from Elgin on the 10\/11 March 2011, the result of an x class flare.<\/p>\n

I also managed to see some of this display from Glenbarry, Banff.<\/p>\n

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 It continued the next night 11\/12 Mar 11 as seen by myself from Glenbarry, Banff. This arc was visible despite the moonlight and lasted all night.<\/p>\n

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It was also seen by Alan Tough from Elgin who took this photo.<\/p>\n

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While we were on dry land, Robin Scagell and a few SPA members were on board the Marco Polo sailing towards 70 n and the port of Svolvaer. Robin took this incredable shot with a fish-eye lens on the 11\/12 Mar 11.<\/p>\n

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Another amazing shot from Robin on the 11\/12 mar 11, showing the ship in the background.<\/p>\n

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Alan Tough took this shot from Elgin on the 3\/4 April 2011, the result of a weak aurora causing a glow in the northern sky.<\/p>\n

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Alan Tough got these beams on the 6\/7 April 11 from Elgin. It was caused by a strong negative field & a weak CME.<\/p>\n

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  A coronal hole causde this weak arc on the night of 30 Apr\/ 1 May 11. Taken from my croft in Glenbarry, Banff.<\/p>\n

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The same stream was visible again on the 1\/2 May 11. Again it was a quiet display.<\/p>\n

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