Kim: Looks like I'm one of the first to make it back from Exit 84. We did not see any trace of aroura. We ended up with about fifteen or twenty people just off the freeway far enough not to be bothered by freeway lights. Many of the people were on their first outing with SLAS or any one from Utah Astronomy. Some got Patrick's number from a schedule and asked him what was up tonight. They drove down from Park City and went to the desert with us. Great night, Southern skies cleared and we did a lot of binocular observing. When the moon showed up it was a beautiful and surprising sight. It looked like a shark fin as it rose above the mountain. Still no aurora though. Steve
From: kimharch@cut.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:15:42 -0600 Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Aurora
I'm wondering if anyone has seen auroras (aurorae?) from Utah yet. It's mostly cloudy over Sanpete, but if there are positive sightings I'm willing to drive to find clear skies.
Kim
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