2015/16 Armchair Aurora watching

[GloriaSmud]

A new thread all ready for the coming Aurora season (hopefully I've included all the websites that were used before!)

Spaceweather (all space news including Aurora forecasts)
Icelandic metoffice (Aurora forecasts for Iceland)

Webcams (hopefully those not working yet will come online soon)
Icelandic webcams
Hotelranga (Icelandic Hotel)
Alaska Auroracam
Alaska aurora ‘movie
Aurora service (European webcams)
Aurora service (New Zealand/Tasmania webcams)
South Pole webcam
Abisko
Porjus1
Porjus3
ISS livestream

Recently found this one one so might/might not have Aurora ~ The University of Tromsø

Shetland webcams here, here and here.

Wikipedia entry on Aurora colours

There is a volcano thread waiting to be 'bumped' for when something happens. Jonfr in his latest post mentions an increase in activity.

Despite there not being much in the way of solar activity, this is the fabness from Tromso at the moment!

And Porjus!

Thanks Gloria. (And a quick mention of how fab it is to have all the links in the OP - very easy to get to the right sites on my iPhone.)

I didn't know whether it would be worth posting them all again, sort of mid-thread when it's half way through the season - might save having to scroll to the top sometimes.

Tromso seems to be centre of all the action tonight!

I'm reading on my phone & my MN settings are set to only show something like 25 posts to a page so it's no biggy for me to scroll back up to the OP at the top because there's a link on every page on my phone & it's always there on my PC.

By the way, Tromso's looking great just now.

Perhaps I'll leave it then ~ it does take a little while to do, checking all the links work and everything!

Busy, busy tonight. Apols for the crap pics - I'm on my phone.

And for a full house, Tromso.

Great stuff last night. If you are at all northern look out for the next few nights...
Kp7 right now, here's Alaska

Already off tonight at Sodankyla and even Helsinki!

Might use up my photo allowance by 7pm at this rate!

Just makes Abisko's absence all the more frustrating.

Lends a hand.

Worth a look out tonight if you get a clear spell

Too far south here, too much light pollution. Bah humbug!!

Should be in a for a good Aurora watching session tonight ~ don't think I've ever seen a 'severe' Aurora forecast from the Icelandic Metoffice before!

Ooo, ooo I've found a few more Icelandic webcams here. This one has lots of sky which might be good for aurora spotting.

I would love to be in the Tromso area at the moment!

Wow!!

So many photo opportunities ~ I'm holding off as I think it'll get better later. In the meantime, the Icelandic Metoffice's forecast has gone up to 'extreme!'

Top sleuthing on the new Icelandic links, Gloria. We should keep an eye on the Icelandic webcams linked to in the header tonight - I think Thingvellir may give us a show.

Damn it. Just noticed I only have 2 more pics tonight. Ration, ration, ration.

I did pop back to the webcams last night but most of the Icelandic ones seemed to have clouded over.
The BBC website has some UK pictures, including one of aurora over Talacre lighthouse......where I spent my summer holiday this year.....where I was hoping to see some aurora and saw..... nothing
And on an aurora thread on netweather, they said the lights could be seen as far south as the South Midlands. That probably includes me and it was a clear night as well

Have found another webcam in Norway. (You might have to click on play and let it go through its 'last 24 hours' of film before it gets to 'live'. If you watch the last 24 hours, you do see a quick glimpse of the Lights during the night.)