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In reply to the discussion: POES auroral activity site [View all]

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2. No joy here tonight.
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:47 PM
Jan 2012

A couple of decades ago I was lucky enough to have good viewing from the upper Midwest or Ontario at least a few times a year. Sometimes it would outshine the sunset or wake you at midnight.

Now though, I'm in central Europe and the magnetic latitude is just too low to ever really have a shot at it. I might as well be in Memphis or Atlanta, or even worse with the usual cloud cover. It was a terrible trade-off just for good beer.

POES auroral activity site [View all] Iterate Jan 2012 OP
I use it often pokerfan Jan 2012 #1
No joy here tonight. Iterate Jan 2012 #2
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