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Merry Dancers caper across the Milky Way

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October 08, 2015: 21h 06m UT. Looking north, with a meteor trail to the far right. (John Vetterlein)

Due to poor weather, we in the Northern Isles were denied a full view of the brilliant display of the aurora October 7/8, seen as far south as Mid-Wales and elsewhere in the south.

However, there was a limited repeat performance on October 8/9, with an intense northern auroral glow with banding and bright “patches” mimicking the Milky Way high up in the south-western sky.

Details at: http://www.spanglefish.com/northernskies/index.asp?pageid=270479