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Coronol Mass Ejection

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:57 pm
by woodchip
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/

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:09 pm
by Alter-Fox
And here I was hoping to get to bed early... :P

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be looking ;)

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:27 am
by woodchip
Welp, I didn't see much of anything so a big fizzle for me.

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:33 am
by Tunnelcat
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!

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:44 pm
by Alter-Fox
I didn't get to see it. I got really tired and I had to get up early this morning, so...