Aurora last night

The skies were clear on the south coast last night (Sun 23rd April), and the moon was young, so I did a spot of observing.  Around 11:30 I noticed some an unusual glow and pillars of light in the sky to the north.  At first I thought is was distant car lights, but it persisted.  After rushing to get a camera with a wide lens, I was gobsmacked to see an amazing auroral display with vivid pink and green colours.  The display lasted more than an hour and I got some good images.  The one below is a 5 second exposure.  Seeing bright aurorae in southwest Cork is a rarity and it was great luck that the conditions were so good.  Lots of others must have seen the display but there's surprisingly little in the Irish media.
Mike

Amazing, Mike. I was casually looking at the Moon near Venus, must have been around 11.15pm, but didn't notice anything else  Fine display.

Finbarr.

Was a really bright display on Sunday night, think only Western parts of Ireland - Cork / Connemara etc got a view of it due to the cloud. Photographed as far South as 30 degrees North on USA / Mexico border!

That's a lovely image Mike - thanks for sharing it with us.

Clear skies,

Darren.