East Coast Viewing?

Looking to take a weekend road trip up North from NYC to get some
Aurora viewing in, how far north should I aim for? Most of what I find
on the interwebs tells me all the great spots to go on the west coast,
but I am not that committed. Thanks

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Looking to take a weekend road trip up North from NYC to get some
Aurora viewing in, how far north should I aim for? Most of what I
find on the interwebs tells me all the great spots to go on the
west coast, but I am not that committed. Thanks

I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from the
city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go that
far north, but dark skies are important.

The sun hasn't been particularly active of late, so there might not
be anything to see.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/index.html

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from the
city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go that
far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away from
city lights".
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Looking to take a weekend road trip up North from NYC to get some
Aurora viewing in, how far north should I aim for? Most of what I find
on the interwebs tells me all the great spots to go on the west coast,
but I am not that committed. Thanks


The western states and provinces are your best bet, but, if there isn't much
solar activity, you won't see much anywhere. KM
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(Mark Brader) wrote in
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Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from
the city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go
that far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away
from city lights".

What? You mean people actually -live up there? And they have
electricity?

Actually, I was just trying to give a well-known reference for
latitude.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:12:12 -0000, (Mark Brader)
wrote:

Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from the
city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go that
far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away from
city lights".

In the late 1950s I and two friends spent the night in sleeping
bags in a roadside rest area south of Ottawa and the aurora was
quite active above. But it was the pale green flashing patches,
not the colorful draperies. I saw draperies in the mid-1950s in
northeast Ohio. That was during the International Geophysical
"Year" (which was 18 months long), a particulary active solar
period.

I never did see the aurora the year I lived in Montreal, 1965-66.

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On 02 Nov 2007 13:09:10 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

(Mark Brader) wrote in
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Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from
the city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go
that far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away
from city lights".

What? You mean people actually -live up there? And they have
electricity?

Actually, I was just trying to give a well-known reference for
latitude.

Minneapolis is only a half degree of latitude south of Montreal.

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* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

In Hatunen
wrote:

On 02 Nov 2007 13:09:10 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

(Mark Brader) wrote in
:

Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from
the city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go
that far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away
from city lights".

What? You mean people actually -live up there? And they have
electricity?

Actually, I was just trying to give a well-known reference for
latitude.

Minneapolis is only a half degree of latitude south of Montreal.


Well, I live in St. Paul, but it's at pretty much the same latitude.

But, the OP was looking for locations near the east coast.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

In Hatunen
wrote:

I saw draperies in the mid-1950s in northeast Ohio. That was during
the International Geophysical "Year" (which was 18 months long), a
particulary active solar period.

We are now at pretty much the dead minimum of the current sunspot cycle;
unless the sun starts behaving very strangely, it's nothing but up for
the next 5 years.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 02 Nov 2007 22:48:32 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In Hatunen
wrote:

On 02 Nov 2007 13:09:10 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

(Mark Brader) wrote in
:

Bert Hyman writes:
I'm at latitude 45N and can see the aurora relatively high in the
sky, but unless the aurora is spectacular, I have to be away from
the city lights.

On the US east coast, that puts you in Maine, or in Ottawa or
Montreal if you want to go to Canada. You might not have to go
that far north, but dark skies are important.

Um, I don't think Montreal or Ottawa exactly qualifies as "away
from city lights".

What? You mean people actually -live up there? And they have
electricity?

Actually, I was just trying to give a well-known reference for
latitude.

Minneapolis is only a half degree of latitude south of Montreal.


Well, I live in St. Paul, but it's at pretty much the same latitude.

But, the OP was looking for locations near the east coast.

I figured knowing how far south Montreal and Ottawa were might
give a clue how far north might be required.

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