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Wednesday, January 25, 2012Northern lights Tuesday nightWe searched for the northern lights in our cold, partly cloudy, northern Wisconsin skies on Tuesday night, but the lights failed to make an appearance, despite the forecast for an auroral display. That’s the way it goes when searching for the northern lights, though. Sometimes you see the lights, sometimes you don’t, even when the odds are in your favor. The aurora borealis (northern lights) are just one of the many ways you can enjoy astronomy without the use of astronomy binoculars or telescopes. Naturally, if you want to see all there is to see in amateur astronomy, you will need to setup & use a telescope or binoculars at some point, but there are astronomical events you can observe without looking in a telescope eyepiece. I love meteor showers, for instance. These tend to be more predictable than auroras, at least as far as dates of occurrence, but showers are as just about as unpredictable as the northern lights when it comes to numbers of meteors seen. This, of course, makes them all the more delicious when you see a great one. I can also tell you from personal experience, that meteor showers can be a rather romantic experience if you share them with the right person, but I’ll let it go at that. ☺ Comments: |
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