[playingalong]

Not sure here in proper continental Europe, but the usual sightings in the Arctic Circle are typically very short. Like it shows up for a minute or even not so. Then you wait an hour and another sighting for tens of seconds. Obviously sometimes it lasts for hours, but this is nothing frequent (in given location).

[sllabres]

I am looking at the foto webcam images too and haven't seen the aurora myself, but the photos show a much longer timespan: For Wildhaus the first image with a pink/greenish glow is at 22:22

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/wildhaus/2024/05/10/2220

and this continues through the entire night https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/wildhaus/2024/05/10/2230

till shortly before sunset, where the exposure time probably shortens too much to capture the color of the the aurora https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/wildhaus/2024/05/11/0420

Other locations:

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ewa/2024/05/11/0330

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/glecksteinhuette/2024/05/1...

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/hochleckenhaus/2024/05/11/...