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Originally posted by charlene:
As a kid spending my summers in Timmins Ontario we would see the Northern Lights quite often-quite fabulous up there with no city lights interfering in that pitch black sky.
We can see them down here in the Toronto area but they aren't as intense due to the city lights. The Persiad (sp) showers are quite something as well.
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Charlene, the summers spent in Timmins sound nice.
Living so close to Chicago doesn't make for good night sky viewing either. The Astronomical group usually holds their public meetings in the far west suburbs where it is much darker. I like to go to the meetings in the fall/winter, because thats when some of the best viewing is. Pleiades is especially stunning and there's less people because most don't find it fun to stand outside in a dark, remote, wooded area, freezing their butts off while trying to look at an object a few million miles away... I can't imagine why! :D