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Possibility of an aurora (northern lights) late Friday night or early Saturday morning

July 5, 2012

http:www.spaceweather.com reports that a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward the earth from the sun to arrive sometime about 2 a.m. EDT Saturday July 7th. So we may get to see an aurora. Active region 1515, the biggest sunspot group on the sun now is the culprit. It’s been kicking off lots of solar flares recently. The flare responsible was one of the ones that occurred yesterday, July 4th.

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