Last night (Sunday, July 16, 2017), the Earth was, indeed, buried in a ferocious electromagnetic storm, so there almost certainly was Aurora Borealis over Maine. Alas, at least for those of us in the Western part of CMAS’s realm, the clear skies promised in the forecasts were replaced by pea-soup clouds. The Aurora was thus…
Conditions are favorable tonight, Sunday, July 16, 2017, for seeing aurora borealis from Maine. As of this afternoon, the Earth is already subjected to a strong geomagnetic storm. Maine is, already, supposedly exposed to an aurora that we can not yet see, while sunlight obscures the sky. After nightfall, look north. Find a hill or…
Seeing today’s thick clouds spanning the vast distances separating CMAS’s astronomers as they prepare for tonight’s Workday and star party, we hear ya thinkin’… “What hath those fools running our club wrought, proposing we meet tonight?! Can’t they see the clouds everywhere, and feel the light rain on their shoulders?” Yup! We can. But, all…
