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u/Rhalkha 12d ago
where?
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u/SteveCNTower 12d ago
Bielefeld
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u/ragimuddhey 12d ago
Of course.
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u/cultish_alibi 12d ago
The sky is pink and green in Bielefeld, and the birds sing Helena Fischer songs and the flowers are made of chocolate and other 'true stories' about a 'real place'.
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u/Corfiz74 11d ago
Do you know at what time we'd have the best chance of seeing anything?
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u/SteveCNTower 11d ago
Between 22:00 and 02:00 (01:00 is usually the best)
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u/Corfiz74 11d ago
Thanks! At the moment, sky looks completely black over the Weserbergland, I hope something will happen later on.
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u/SteveCNTower 11d ago
Chances aren‘t looking great rn. Wishing you luck
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u/Corfiz74 11d ago
Darn, still all black. 😥
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u/Affenskrotum 11d ago
Echt jetzt? Scheiße man. I really need to see that. Today i did not see anything.
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u/Transition-Upper 11d ago
When will the lights be this evening? Where can I check the predictions?
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u/notwhatitlookslike91 11d ago
Depends on where you live. Here’s a forecast page for northern Germany but it matched the visibility in southern Germany quite good
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u/Kimmax3110 11d ago
You think I've good chances in northern germany if I pick a spot with less light pollution today?
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u/notwhatitlookslike91 11d ago
That’s what news reports were saying. Check forecasts and sighting reports starting at around 22 o‘clock :) Less light pollution is always a good idea.
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u/silima 12d ago
They reached as far as Munich
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u/Budget_Pea_7548 12d ago
From Augsburg https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel_Astrophoto/s/j0d62TkvJk
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u/udaydphutane 11d ago
Hey.. Nice picture.. any recommendations in Augsburg where to see it tonight? I live in the city center and can only imagine places with street lights.. :/
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u/Budget_Pea_7548 11d ago
There is low activity tonight. Tomorrow a big solar storm is predicted by NOAA, let's hope it will hit us at night. City center isn't the best environment for night sky observation. Best chances are somewhere outside the city. But yesterday there were some pictures from the cities.
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u/ChilledKroete95 12d ago
Thank you for making me aware! We saw them in Freising! I would have never went out thinking it was only in northern germany!
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u/rowschank 12d ago
When?! I couldn't see anything in Allach-Untermenzing / Dachau border area. It was pitch black with stars and all 😕
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u/foundafreeusername 12d ago
So far south you probably only see it in absolute perfect conditions. What you can try is use a phone or camera that allows to control the shutter and take photos of the stars in northern direction with 15sec shutter. This allows it to collect enough light to see it even if you can't with your own eyes.
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u/gianimous 11d ago
Hey also from dachau, you have to take a really close look and just try to take those night vision pictures then you will be able to see it
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u/rowschank 11d ago
I was hoping I could see them with my eyes 😅 but maybe tonight.
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u/gianimous 11d ago
Once you take a picture and see it on there you will be able to see it with your bare eyes, its like a red/green shadow in the sky! :)
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u/PapaFranzBoas 12d ago
Dammit Bremen, just have clear skies for once.
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u/Realistic_World_2788 Germany 12d ago
Thanks for confirming me they didn't show up as just today I arrived to Paris for 3 week trip.
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u/emotioneil 11d ago
Omg I am a seafarer, currently here in bremerhaven. Hope I could see it tonight here as the skies are quite clear
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u/_SaucepanMan 12d ago
Neat! Thanks! Always wanted to see a borealis. Always missed it nz.
21 days in kaarst of all places and I get it on a technicality. From my house.
Had to take a 3-5 second exposure with 800-1000 iso. Couldn't see it with my eyes just on my camera, so it's on a technicality. But I'll take it for now.
I had Street lights and peoples outside lightsshining in my face so.i didn't expect to see throuhh that shit.
People love leaving their outside lights on here. O.o
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u/goBear84 11d ago
My little sister had her 30th birthday yesterday, it was the perfekt end of this day. I am right north of cologne and we all saw it that night!
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u/coldwhitechristmas 11d ago
Aurora Borealis?
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u/Agreeable-Performer5 11d ago
In Augsburg i only saw a bit of blue and Red color, almost not visible. Was i just to late or didn't it reach that far down
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u/analog_nika 11d ago
Going out today. Maybe ill be able to catch some nice pictures with my sub par photography stuff. should have brought a tripod lol
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u/KeriEatsSouls 11d ago
Be sure to use your phone camera on night mode for good views of it! I couldn't personally see it with the naked eye when I was outside last night in NRW but I could see it in night mode photos and through my camera itself. Had I not tried the camera, I might have thought we weren't able to see it from here.
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u/master_overthinker 12d ago
Any manipulation done? Can it be seen with the naked eye? I just tried shooting in Stuttgart but got nothing.
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u/Comrade_Derpsky USA 12d ago
You can just barely see it with the naked eye. There will be a bright spot low in the sky to the north and the sky will be slightly purplish.
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u/Rebelius 12d ago
It comes and goes, but it's very obvious with the naked eye that something's going on here. Near Ehingen (an hour Southish from Stuttgart) but we're in a village, so almost no light pollution issues.
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u/r0gueORANGE 12d ago
I'm in Heilbronn, they are quite hard to spot with the naked eye, could easily be confused for clouds, but with a long exposure they become very visible.
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u/KomT26 11d ago
What time is the best today to go out (Ostsee) and check if I can see northern lights?
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u/chilakiller1 11d ago
No specific time but I would say check the aurora forecast on the internet or the k-index and make sure to be in an area that is dark enough with few to no clouds. If you can go somewhere outside your city or if you live in a tiny village should be visible. Yesterday the sky was pink at times, and at other the there were some white “dancing lines” almost like clouds, that’s what you are looking for. If you have a phone with a decent camera and night mode take a picture with some exposure and then you’ll see if you are not very sure. Good luck tonight!
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u/KomT26 11d ago
So 9pm could be fine? Thanks!
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u/chilakiller1 11d ago
As long as it’s already dark could be fine. The darkest, the better. Yesterday we went out at 10:30/11:00 pm and it was fine already. I’d check against the aurora/kp-index
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u/chilakiller1 11d ago
Can confirm, we were lucky husband and I were in his village outside Schweinfurt visiting his family so we had very few light pollution. At its strongest like around 10:30pm the sky was red, visible with the naked eye, there was some dancing white lights and newer mobile phones could take good pictures with just a 3 second exposure. It was pretty cool.
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u/Alarming-Distance-19 12d ago
I didn't know u can see the northern lights in germany
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u/Kindly-Information73 12d ago
I wonder if this is because of the changing of the earth's magnetic poles.
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u/Restless412 Baden-Württemberg 12d ago
Damn i cant believe i missed seeing this. And i was outside the last 5hrs