Yes, a few years ago in Boat of Garten near Aviemore. Beautiful.
shareI've seen both in Seattle, which is at about latitude 47. I can't see any reason not to expect to see them in Scotland, roughly latitude 57.
To be fair, I've only seen the Northern Lights once at this latitude (about 15 years ago). But meteor showers are not uncommon.
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I've never seen the Northern Lights but I have seen a meteor shower once. I used to live in Fife and one night I had been been working late and as I was walking home for some reason I had the urge to look straight up and there was a meteor shower going on I don't know how long for but I had I not looked up I would never have noticed it. I went to a nearby park where there was less streetlights and just lay on the grass watching them for at least an hour. It was freezing ut it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life and because I was there for so long I was able to many more stars than I had ever seen up to that point. Ever since then I have been a sporadic star gazer.
shareSee my post on astronomy references here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/board/thread/162611434
- henry
Yes ... it doesn't happen often but I was working in Dumfriesshire during the Autumn of 1980 and the aurora was visible almost nightly over a period of several weeks.
There have also been several freak atmospheric instances of it being seen as far south as Manchester and North Yorkshire.
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I've never been to Scotland, but I'm going there in Aug and Sep. I also plan to go to Coldfoot, Alaska in December to see the northern lights. I'm determined to see them one way or another. Then I can check that off my bucket list.
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I live in Northern Scotland, 58 38'N and see about 20 aurora displays per year, but it's not just a matter of going outside for a quick look as they may only last a few minutes and even at their brightest you still need to let your eyes adjust for several minutes. They also vary widely in intensity, sometimes the whole sky has a blueish hue and not much else, other times there are huge ripples of colour.
Meteor showers occur over the whole Earth and are easy to see if you have very little light pollution, but again it takes a bit of patience, a "shower" maybe as few as 5 meteorites per hour and even at 50 per hour you have to be looking in the right direction at that moment each minute or so. Most people get bored and go inside! I counted 8 in about 45 minutes from the Draconids earlier tonight.