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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
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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
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