Coronol Mass Ejection

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:57 pm

Seems the sun is getting active again and ejected a bunch of dazzle right at earth. Might bring some interesting lights in tonight sky. Post if you see any. so far 10:pm here in MI and nothing yet:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/ ... un-waking/

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:09 pm

And here I was hoping to get to bed early...

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be looking

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:27 am

Welp, I didn't see much of anything so a big fizzle for me.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:33 am

That's too bad you didn't get to see anything. The aurora borealis are pretty spectacular to watch. I actually got to watch some happen as far south as Corvallis, Oregon in the mid 1980's. Huge green curtains of light right overhead!

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:44 pm

I didn't get to see it. I got really tired and I had to get up early this morning, so...