East Coast Viewing?

msb.TakeThisOut@vex.net (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.

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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:12:12 -0000, msb.TakeThisOut@vex.net (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:

>msb@vex.net (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.

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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In Hatunen
wrote:

> On 02 Nov 2007 13:09:10 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:
>
>>msb@vex.net (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.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert.TakeThisOut@iphouse.com
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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.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert.DeleteThis@iphouse.com
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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:
>>
>>>msb@vex.net (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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thanks for all the advice... surprisingly prior to posting here, I had
some difficulty finding up to date, useful information about viewing
the phenomena.
I found this site

http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

which seems like a good tool. Originally this was concieved as a
weekend road-trip, but it seems there might be some more planning
required...

thanks again.
mm
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