Organize our field trips better with this page.

I know this page is probably overkill but the idea behind this is to try and get everything useful to photography all on one page. Any suggestions are welcome :)

Remember you can print out the map and directions

using the printer icon .

NEED DIRECTIONS TO THE NEXT FIELD TRIP OR CLUB MEETING

(This will change as destination for field trip changes or when it's a club meeting)

Click on the pin to get info & for directions, enter in YOUR address .

Click HEREfor a CHECKLIST of possible Items to bring on a Field Trip.

Click HERE to find out HOURLY WEATHER FORECAST

Click HERE to find out SUNRISE/SET/DAWN/DUSK & MOONRISE/SET

Click HERE to find out when HIGH & LOW TIDE is for Lough Swilly.

Click HERE to find tips on viewing the AURORA. 

Click HERE to Download free Software for Viewing the relative position of the stars/planets at any given time and date. 

(remember a Kp index from 4-6 (yellow/red) should be visible to camera and still above the horizon and >6(red) should be visible to the naked eye , at our location(55 degrees N))

Here's a video on solar flares, their classification and effect on the aurora.

Click HERE to get an EXPLANATION OF SOLAR FLARES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION

( Solar Flares namely CME's that face towards earth are the first sign of a chance of seeing the aurora ,gives a window of 2 days +/-7hrs, to see the latest events click on the image on the bottom right ).

Click HERE to find out latitude and longitude of a point on the map.

Click HERE to get your Aurora Desktop Gadget for Win7.

Aurora Forecasting and Useful Charts

Remember to Click on the Images to Update

(This layout should now be visible on the i-phone etc)

Chance of CME(Solar Flare) on its way  (Accurate to +/- 7 Hours) Chance of aurora if it facing towards earth.Check the events at the bottom. Check the above video for explanation of size class of flares.(C,B,M,X) "There are multiple activities undergoing in the sun. The Visible light takes 8.3minutes to reach the earth . But the prominent activity is of Coronal Mass Ejections which roughly travel at velocities around 300-700km/sec and some more than this value. So it can take as long as 1 day for Coronal mass ejection to reach earth. Roughly it takes around 15hrs or so for CME to reach earth" - Akshay Deoras	Check the BZ component (Better chance of visible aurora if BZ is in the minus)	Warnings / Alert Timeline (Check geomagnetic section of this chart to see if any aurora are predicted and how strong)
Solar Monitor & Latest Flare Alert (Has an active news feed of whether aurora is predicted for coming days/hours)	OVATION Auroral Forecast - Check to see if the red line(can be viewed from this line, possibly further with long exposure photos) is low enough over ireland to be visible)	Latest IR Satellite Image ( press the play button and view the animation) Shows cloud cover, check in conjuction with the % Cloud Cover HERE and see if its worth going out.
Another Latest Satellite View (If your still not sure about whether or not cloud cover will be an issue :)  )	Estimated Kp Index (Shows the current Kp Levels)	SunCalc is a little app that shows sun movement and sunlight phases during the given day at the given location.(Rem. to press the now button or insert date)

Some Other Links that may come in useful

Useful Photography Tools	Plane Finder	Ship Finder

 Click on Next (below) for the postcard project