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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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East Coast Viewing?
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". -- Mark Brader "How can we believe that?" Toronto "Because this time it's true!" -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER |
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"IamTheLizardKng" wrote in message
ups.com... 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 -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website view over 3,600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI, and NBA, the White House, Academy Awards, 150 language translators! Visit Hawaii, Israel and more at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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East Coast Viewing?
(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. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | |
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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. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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East Coast Viewing?
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 |
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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 |
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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. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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