CME tonight

[alex]

sooo basically tonight around midnight you could possibly see aurora borealis activity because of a CME (coronal mass ejection) caused by a solar flare.

sounds soooo cooooool

[Darth Wyndisis]

That would be cool to see.  Here is a link to a short article on the event.

[MagmarFire]

I don't know if I can really see anything, haha.

But then again, I'm a little nervous to go outside this late at night.

[Hi no Seijin]

I'm in the city, and down south to boot.  I highly doubt I'll be able to see it with my own eyes.  But I'm sure I'll be able to find pictures of it on the Internet tomorrow.

[alex]

unfortunately, i didnt see anything.
i might have if i would've followed through with my plan to drive out to the country side, but instead i went to the dollar theatre with my boyfriend and saw iron man 2 (which by the way was pritty good, i liked the set up for thor after the credits)

but yeah.. im disappointed 

[Darth Wyndisis]

I didn't see anything either.

[MagmarFire]

...Wow. Where was the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

[alex]

turns out something actually did show up in the sky between 3 and 4 AM on the 4th, i was asleep my friend ryan saw it.

but, *anchorman voice* IN OTHER NEWS: there's a meteor shower on the 12th, its a relatively big one, 50 per hour.

that should be hard to miss...

[MagmarFire]

Assuming it's also not at 4 A.M.

Still, at least the unfortunate time wasn't as disappointing as having to miss the lunar eclipse a couple years ago or so because of freaking clouds. >_<

[Darth Wyndisis]

Oh, yeah, I remember that.  Don't worry, it wasn't too exciting.

[MagmarFire]

You were able to see it? Dang, it's amazing how much cloud cover can differ significantly over only a few miles.

[alex]

so the meteor shower was last night... unfortunately i didnt see anything. BUT several of my friends did.

ive come to the conclusion that im either astronomically blind, or just completely unlucky 

[DW]

The girlfriend and I saw quite a few.

[Darth Wyndisis]

Aw, crap, I forgot to look for them.

[MagmarFire]

Aww, ditto. DX

ive come to the conclusion that im either astronomically blind, or just completely unlucky 

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's always wrong place, wrong time for me, too.