# Sky Show Thursday Night

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750 "2000-06-08T14:07:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/1 "2000-06-08T14:07:13Z")

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US may get a look at “Northern Lights” tonight.

[http://www.spaceweather.com](http://www.spaceweather.com)

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Thanks, Slythe.

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**Author:** ![Myndephuquer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@Myndephuquer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myndephuquer)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/2 "2000-06-08T16:40:07Z")

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Thanks for the info.  
'Hope I can see it from NC…

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**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/3 "2000-06-08T18:11:38Z")

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oooh! Time for a campfire at the in-law’s place on the lake tonight, I think.

Jois, is it your humble opinion that we might see the Northern Lights tonight, then?

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/4 "2000-06-08T18:26:57Z")

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Thanks, I hadn’t heard about it until now.

I saw them last February while I was in Alaska and they were great!

Hopefully, I’ll get to see them closer to home tonight.

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**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/5 "2000-06-08T20:03:08Z")

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From what I’ve read so far and IMHO, yes. Course, it might depend on where that lake is located… Start anytime after sunset and midnight after MN the moon should spoil the view for a while. I’m getting out the lawn chairs and asking the neighbors to shut down the outdoor lights for the night. If that’s not enough I’m going to go down one of the dark scarey lanes where people often find hooks and a little human flesh hanging off their car door handles when they get home.

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**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-show-thursday-night/21750/6 "2000-06-08T20:07:53Z")

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" A bright waxing quarter Moon could obscure faint northern lights before moonset at about 1:30 a.m. local time."

Better wording?