Alert! Possible Aurora Borealis tonight and tomorrow nights!

pgriz · Mar 17, 2015

There's a magnetic storm underway. Strong displays of Aurora Borealis reaching down to the northern states. See link here: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers solar flares auroras and near-Earth asteroids

JustJazzie · Mar 17, 2015

pgriz said:
There's a magnetic storm underway. Strong displays of Aurora Borealis reaching down to the northern states. See link here: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers solar flares auroras and near-Earth asteroids

Thanks for posting this! My friend happened to send me a similar Article right before I opened this. I'm going to try and watch for it!!

pgriz · Mar 17, 2015

When Nature puts on a free show, we should make an effort to see it. I'm picking up my daughter (well, one of them) and her BF and we're going to go to a relatively dark place to see. Camera and tripod in hand. So, who knows, might have something to share tomorrow.

JacaRanda · Mar 17, 2015

Man - Darn! I may never get my Aurora Borealis on, nor a shot of a Cardinal in the snow, nor catch a Snowy Owl

I can now say that Southern California Sucks!

Unless wifey and I go to her homeland again......ahhhhh, another advantage to being married to a Canuck.

weepete · Mar 17, 2015

Saw it on the news here too. Unfortunatly we have fog, light pollution and more importantly cloud cover whee I am right now. Bummer.

pgriz · Mar 17, 2015

JacaRanda said:
Man - Darn! I may never get my Aurora Borealis on, nor a shot of a Cardinal in the snow, nor catch a Snowy Owl

I can now say that Southern California Sucks!

Unless wifey and I go to her homeland again......ahhhhh, another advantage to being married to a Canuck.

There's always the internet... see: AuroraMAX The Northern Lights Live High Definition - Canadian Space Agency

runnah · Mar 17, 2015

got some clouds and high wind right now. Hoping to get some clear skies at some point tonight.

Or I'll just get drunk and fall asleep.

runnah · Mar 17, 2015

Status report: super bright lights but incredibly windy and cold.

limr · Mar 17, 2015

I'm normally too far south to see the lights, but supposedly there's a chance they will reach this far. I'm far enough from the light pollution of NYC. I wonder if I'll be able to see anything.

Edit: Just took a peek outside and I can't even see stars tonight. Too cloudy.

shefjr · Mar 17, 2015

limr said:
I'm normally too far south to see the lights, but supposedly there's a chance they will reach this far. I'm far enough from the light pollution of NYC. I wonder if I'll be able to see anything.

Edit: Just took a peek outside and I can't even see stars tonight. Too cloudy.

It's crystal clear hear in western ny, stars galore, with no sign of the lights.

qleak · Mar 17, 2015

At a dark sky preserve in Michigan, if nothing else it's very clear tonight I'll get some star shots. Temp just dropped from 43F to 33 F and F is right I'm waiting a bit in the car.

qleak · Mar 17, 2015

Well so far the camera can see it, but it just looks like light pollution to the naked eye.

Not enough light to get any surroundings lit without blowing out the sky. Maybe a composite in my future.

Gary A. · Mar 17, 2015

I got nuthin'.

jsecordphoto · Mar 17, 2015

Got screwed by clouds in central NH. There were a few tiny breaks and we could see some super nice color behind them but then it completely clouded over

pgriz · Mar 17, 2015

We got some nice curtains along the northern horizon, but we also had a 30-40km/h wind blowing so with the windchill maybe -20C. I had 3 turns of ten minutes each, and at the end decided that that was enough.