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Simeon Schmauß

Well what a night it was...
I didn't expect very much since Munich is quite far south, but what unfolded surpassed our wildest expectations!
It took me a while to edit these images, in total I took more than 2000, but that also means there are some timelapses waiting to be processed :)
#aurora

A nightscape image of a large satellite dish under with pinkish pillars of Aurora illu.inating the sky above it. The waning crescent of the moon is about to set at the horizon and its shadowed side is lit by earthshine.
A nightscape image of a large satellite dish with purple Aurora pillars above it. A bright green auroal glow lights up the horizon and some dim greenish lights are visible up high.
11 May at 17:05 | Open on fosstodon.org
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Simeon Schmauß

The large dishes belong to an old satellite ground station in Raisting, near Ammersee in southern Bavaria that was built in the 1960 and is still operating to this day.

A mix of red, green and purple Aurora over two satellite dishes
Bands of red and pink Auroa over satellite dishes
A red curtain of aura fading into blue pink and ten green ( from top to bottom)
11 May at 17:09 | Open on fosstodon.org
Simeon Schmauß

And in case you missed them last night, tonight is another great chance for Europe. The forecast is not quite as good as yesterday's crazyness, but it should still reach down to mid latitudes once darkness starts.
swpc.noaa.gov/communities/auro

Aurora forecast plot
11 May at 17:43 | Open on fosstodon.org
tobie

@stim3on Beautiful pics. What a phenomenon. Around what time should one head outdoors to see this? I'm in Cologne and fear light pollution will obscure everything.

11 May at 18:35 | Open on mastodon.social
Simeon Schmauß

@tobie1 you'll want to wait until astronomical twilight starts which is around 22:43 in Cologne.
timeanddate.com/sun/germany/co

Unobstructed Northern horizon is important and the less light pollution in that direction the better.
It might be worth driving a little outside the city if you can manage.

11 May at 18:47 | Open on fosstodon.org
Pete Carr
Tom Montgomery

@stim3on
These are truly beautiful images! Just amazing that you had such a display so far south.

Including the satellite dish is very effective, I find!

We had cloud cover here, alas. But maybe tonight...

11 May at 17:41 | Open on fosstodon.org
Simeon Schmauß

@tom30519 Thanks Tom, it was a night worth remembering.
I wish you good luck tonight, though it looks like we might get clouded out instead :)
Some interesting whisky cirrus clouds are in the north right now.
11 May at 18:13 | Open on fosstodon.org
Sunshine

@stim3on This is such great shots of the Aurora! Bravo...*clap clap*

11 May at 18:48 | Open on fosstodon.org
ClassyT
nigel
@stim3on@fosstodon.org wish I'd got my camera out, but I am grateful for all the images here - these in particular are awesome 👌
11 May at 21:45 | Open on snac.lowkey.party
gaijin

@stim3on@fosstodon.org Great shots! Could you really see these colours from your own eyes or are they due to the long exposure? Impressive.

11 May at 22:05 | Open on den.raccoon.quest
Edwin G. :mapleleaf:

@stim3on I have seen them in Montréal, which is quite a bit south. It’s almost halfway between the North Pole and the equator.

It was an amazing show that nature is giving us.

11 May at 23:19 | Open on mstdn.ca
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