Tracking solar flares and space weather
A practical checklist for UK radio amateurs and GPS users: what to watch, what to disconnect, and how to keep operating when the ionosphere misbehaves.
A practical beginner's guide to logging aurora sightings, solar conditions, weather and equipment notes — so each session teaches you something...
Sunspot counts are the pulse of the solar cycle. Here's how Solar Cycle 25 is shaping up, and what it means for flares, storms and UK aurora chances.
A practical guide to setting up free alerts for UK aurora and geomagnetic storms, covering which services to use, how to tune thresholds, and what to check before you go outside.
Scotland sees more aurora than the rest of the UK because of geomagnetic latitude and field inclination, not just geography. A practical guide to...
A month-by-month guide to UK aurora chances, weighing equinox activity, darkness hours, cloud cover and practical planning for the best odds of...
Most UK aurora hunts fail for the same avoidable reasons — relying on Kp, ignoring cloud, and misjudging twilight. Here is how to fix each one.
Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are different events: one is a flash of radiation, the other a cloud of plasma. Here's how they compare,...
A practical pre-flight checklist for UK aurora hunters, covering forecasts, cloud, darkness, kit and safety before you head out on a viewing night.
Solar flares are ranked from A to X, and each class behaves differently on Earth. Here's what the letters mean, how radio blackouts work, and why big flares often bring no auroras.
