Aurora and Comet

[Tom Taylor]

NOAA is forecasting a severe (G4) solar storm for tonight and Friday night that may bring the Aurora down to the Oregon-California border. In addition to the Aurora, look west/southwest shortly after sunset beginning Saturday evening through early next week for the best chance to see and photograph Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Appearing to be fully intact, the comet is currently at magnitude -3.0 which would make it brighter than Jupiter but much larger in the sky.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Please sent the Aurorae to southern California!

 

[Tom Taylor]

It came close! The NOAA forecast had it stopping just short of the California border

 

[Sirius Glass]

It came close! The NOAA forecast had it stopping just short of the California border

Not close enough. It only came close to the northern border.

 

[DREW WILEY]

There were a few successful shots here in SF Bay area - enhanced digital capture. The tricky thing is to get away from all the light pollution. I didn't even try looking. Most of the time the coastal fog interferes anyway. It was a whole different experience when I was growing up in the Sierra Nevada - rare instances, but brilliant rippling curtain displays of the lights which I will never forget.

 

[loccdor]

I hope to see it one day! We had clouds here during the latest eclipse and aurora.

 

[TJones]

Saw the aurora in southern Delaware, naked eye, from our deck. Light pollution muted it a bit.

No luck with the comet tonight; will try again in a couple of days, when it should be easier to spot.

 

[Cholentpot]

Great Lakes Ohio here,

I didn't see it with my naked eye but I got it on camera, digital though.

5Dmk4, 24-70 2.8 wide open. ISO 6400, 1/13th handheld.

 

[Tom Taylor]

This is how the comet looked last night from S. Utah.

 

[Tom Taylor]

This "8 row panorama shot with a 50mm lens" of the Comet was captured Saturday night from Martin's Beach on the California coast by Bay Area photographer Abhijit Patil:

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