Apparently, places that wouldn't normally get visible auroras could have them. I was just outside(reside in southern Michigan), and although some clouds were moving in, and the Moon was fairly bright, I didn't see anything. I'm going to look again tomorrow night, and hopefully there won't be as many clouds then and such.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
When they say it could hit on the night of the 14/15th it means tonight, not tomorrow night.
I've been on astroalert for coronal mass ejections for over 5 years, and I get these alerts all the time. Less recently, because we're just about at solar minimum. But 3 years ago there were alerts just about every night. I've yet to see an aurora.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I ran outside when I saw your post. Nothing but clouds. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I see these all the time where I'm at. Even during the daylight sometimes.
Here's a pic Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*thwap*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oy.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I saw some pretty auroras once a few years ago, when I was driving home late at night. When I checked online to see what was causing the beautiful celestial display, it turned out to be russian space junk re-entering the atmosphere. Still quite pretty.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
I once saw a real beauty of one at a disney film, but she was asleep for half the movie...
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
They had something on PBS the other night about this also being the best month to see the "False Dawn" phenom, but I haven't felt like getting up at 2 or 3 am to see if they are right..
(however, the explanation for that was pretty cool)
FG
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
There were some apparantly spectacular ones up here (although not in the city, darned light pollution) a few days ago.
I wish I could see them, because I never have!
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Hmm it looks like the CME was slower than predicted, but hopefully we'll still have a chance to view tonight.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
How long does the show go on for, and what time is best to catch it?
If my sky is going to be lit up, I don't want to miss it.
Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
I remember seeing an aurora about 7 years ago... man that was gorgeous.
I've also seen around 2 solar eclipses. I used to love just walking out at night and looking at the stars when I was younger, or just sitting there and looking up.
It's such a shame that where I live it's almost impossible to see the stars since it's so close to the city. I really do miss it quite a bit.
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
Tante, I'm not sure about averages and what's typical, but the few that I've seen the last couple years usually lasted a couple hours around midnight.
Saturday night I saw some of it way in the north at around 11 PM. A couple hours later it had spread and became visible in half the sky. I don't think it lasted much longer than that. Of course, since I live in Minnesota I have a pretty good view.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Thanks, camus. I hope we have clearer skies. I want to see the show.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
D'oh. It looks like they're now only going to be viewable from Alaska and northern Canada, since the timing was slower, everything happened in the daylight. Sorry to get everyones hopes up. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*snickers at Dags*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
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