Unless the auroral oval is just huge and covers the whole sky from our latitude, find a location with a dark northern sky. Big Mountain is good, though not a very low horizon. Lakeside is excellent all-around. On 8/3/10, Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> wrote:
Knolls has had good weather even when the city and Lakeside have not. I went out last night for a few hours, and even though there was lightning from all directions, the skies over Knolls were clear and transparent. I'd recommend that as a place to head. Incidentally, I finally managed NGC 147 last night. I first glimpsed it at 75x, then rolled back to 30x and could see it. Also got NGC 6118 in Serpens, so it was a good night for tough targets.
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Jay Eads wrote:
Rodger and Ann,
I am willing to give it a go. What time and where? Would higher up be a better location with less air to see through or the Western Desert where you can see more on the horizon? Lakeside or the mountains?
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote:
I am interested. I saw one a few years ago and it was an incredible experience. I saw it from just beyound Little Mountain.
-A
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
With the large Solar Mass Ejection that occurred on Sunday, is anyone planning to go out and look for the Aurora on Tuesday night?
I would like to consider this.
Thanks
Rodger Fry
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