Did Anyone else in US/CAN notice the Auroras 10/24/11?

[Bluearrowll]

Re: Did Anyone else in US/CAN notice the Auroras 10/24/11?

Woah wait, both hemispheres?! Then FFFUUUU I missed it.

Also,


Wat.

In the Southern Hemisphere, they're called the Aurora Australis, depending how remote you are, it may look like this:


Or if you're immediately below them:


Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can happen at any time, and that's where auroras are most likely to have a strong presence. There is an aurora tracker for the northern hemisphere on this site:

http://www.thenightskyguy.com/?page_id=24

It updates every 10 minutes. on the 24th, the yellow colour went as far south as just above Texas. You're probably not going to see anything unless you're at least in the white colour.

[supermousie]

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Thing is, I live in the suburbs with a fair amount of light pollution, and now I'm not dedicated enough to drive all the way out to the mountains. In mid 2010, I went camping in Victoria -the state below mine- because apparently there were some incredible aurorae lights, but ****ing Australian weather, it was cloudy as hell for three straight nights and I ended up going home with what I suspected to be mild frostbite and nothing else. @_@
Maybe if I visit the US at the right time I can hang with some of you guize and admire the lights.

[kmay]

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one reason i want to move up north

[Bluearrowll]

Re: Did Anyone else in US/CAN notice the Auroras 10/24/11?

Thing is, I live in the suburbs with a fair amount of light pollution, and now I'm not dedicated enough to drive all the way out to the mountains. In mid 2010, I went camping in Victoria -the state below mine- because apparently there were some incredible aurorae lights, but ****ing Australian weather, it was cloudy as hell for three straight nights and I ended up going home with what I suspected to be mild frostbite and nothing else. @_@
Maybe if I visit the US at the right time I can hang with some of you guize and admire the lights.

You can use this light pollution map of the Americas to gauge where you would find darker areas:



If you have an exact city I can give you a narrower window, down to a town. The further north (or south) you are, the better your chances at seeing auroras. If you are north, you'll get a pretty good show frequently if you are at Churchill or further north. (Or, northern ontario, Hudson bay area) Places such as Toronto and similar areas along the line will get shows during CMEs that travel towards earth. These are going to happen more and more frequently over the next couple years. The last one that happened was in mid september, 2011.

[Emithith]

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lol shit that looks like a 5hr drive to like Ottawa or more north..

[Bluearrowll]

Re: Did Anyone else in US/CAN notice the Auroras 10/24/11?

Not necessarily.


It gets very localized as well. Travelling to any of the gray areas will do you fine. Preferred to go black though.

You won't see much in the colours.