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Nov 2023
11:29pm, 5 Nov 2023
19,869 posts
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Cerrertonia
It was pretty bright earlier, but covered by cloud now. Seems like much of the UK is getting pictures on the phone if not visible to the naked eye.
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Nov 2023
11:31pm, 5 Nov 2023
30,335 posts
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Rosehip
The app on my phone kept alerting me to go try taking pics and see if I could capture it, but there’s a house in the way and a badly placed streetlight
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Nov 2023
11:53pm, 5 Nov 2023
2,345 posts
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RooA
Yes. But I was too settled in the house to go out and see. 
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Nov 2023
11:22am, 6 Nov 2023
10,176 posts
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Eynsham Red
This is a photo that my daughter who lives near Beccles in Suffolk sent from her local Facebook community group last night.
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Nov 2023
11:30am, 6 Nov 2023
4,420 posts
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Ally-C
The trouble with photos are that they have no resemblance to what can be seen by the naked eye on most occasions.
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Nov 2023
11:31am, 6 Nov 2023
32,165 posts
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HellsBells
Can someone recommend an app to me please? I have never seen the aurora and it’s one of my “most wanted” things
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Nov 2023
11:35am, 6 Nov 2023
4,421 posts
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Ally-C
Can someone recommend an app to me please? I have never seen the aurora and it’s one of my “most wanted” things
Just go to RooA’s house for a holiday 😀
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Nov 2023
11:40am, 6 Nov 2023
19,872 posts
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Cerrertonia
When seeing these pictures, it's important to understand that there is often little or nothing visible to the naked eye - perhaps just a white glow on the horizon. The vivid colours are the result of using long exposures on a camera or phone.
I took this in the back garden in September - it was a clear starry night, but there was essentially no aurora visible except by photography. Last night was much brighter.
You need to find a really dark place with a good unobstructed view to the north, and (ahead of time) learn how to use whatever astrophotography mode your phone has.
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Nov 2023
11:48am, 6 Nov 2023
32,167 posts
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HellsBells
Just go to RooA’s house for a holiday 😀
Bet they’ve got waxwings up there as well!
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Nov 2023
11:53am, 6 Nov 2023
3,627 posts
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paulcook
Re: what app to use.
I use the iOS Aurora Watch app and you get loads of updates even minor ones when essentially there's no chance of anything happening. Though it seems to need updating a lot (may be my phone). I coincidentally realised on Saturday it hadn't notified me since the flurry of activity in late September / early October so updated it. Had at least 6 notifications yesterday, the first red alert was at about 4.30pm as we arrived for a firework display in Hartlepool. Alas didn't see anything. I was home and in light pollution by the time of the later red alert.
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