Aurora Repeats

  For two nights the aurora again showed itself in the Dayton area. Nothing was extremely impressive but any viewing of the Northern Lights here is a rare event. I recorded it both  nights and rather than pick and choose, I'll post everything I took so you can see how it came and went and eventually faded away.

January 19:

6:53 pm

7:26 pm

8:04 pm

 Pretty much gone ... but hope springs eternal.

8:30 pm

9:02 pm

January 20:

6:46 pm

6:49  pm

 This shot shows the vertical nature of the "curtains" of light.

6:49 pm

7:04 pm

 And it's gone!

7:22 pm

7:23 pm

 A little pink residual glow ... but not enough to bother with.

7:59 pm

 Now the clouds are moving in ...

8:46 pm

 By the end clouds had covered the sky and any observation of the aurora was over.

 Both evenings showed high Kp numbers (I saw an 8.0 on 01/20). On 01/19 the Bz stayed positive as long as I  watched but went negative on 01/20. Those are perfect numbers. I was probably a bit too far south but in my opinion anything is worth watching for.

Credit: Google Gemini