Get Ready for A Spectacular Aurora Borealis Show This Weekend: Here’s How To Catch It!
The Daily Galaxy • • science
Key Points:
- NOAA has issued a G1 geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend due to a high-speed solar wind, increasing the chances of seeing the Northern Lights in northern U.S. states and parts of Canada.
- The geomagnetic storm may allow auroras to be visible as far south as northern states like Washington, Idaho, Montana, and parts of the Midwest, expanding beyond their usual Arctic Circle range.
- Ideal viewing locations include rural and northern areas of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Maine, with minimal light pollution for the best experience.
- The moon’s waning gibbous phase, nearly 90% illuminated this weekend, may reduce visibility of faint auroras, so the best viewing
