Aurora borealis: (Photo courtesy Sami Koykka)
A friend passed along an E-mail from Parke W. Kunkle, President of the Minnesota Planetarium Society:
"Hi, all.
This email contains information about potential aurora for the next few days....There's a big active region now on sun. Watch its progress.
Normally I'd watch it on [the NASA site], but that instrument is down for routine maintenance until Tuesday.
I think there is a good chance for northern lights the next couple of nights. Just go outside and look north.
If you are being a winter weenie and don't want to go out, check the auroral map.To learn about space weather, try the Exploratorium site.
Or see ongoing information."
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If you are out Wed night you should also look for meteors. Here are the top 10 tips for viewing the 2006 Geminid meteor shower.
I got an e-mail, too, from The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks:
I understood the Geminid meteor shower was going to peak on Thursay night, but there should be some meteors Wendesday as well.
Art's been posting about sunspots and solar flares.
I think the peak was Thursday morning. You can see some photos of the Geminids here.
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