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And if you go see meteors, help a bunch of scientists measure light pollution! http://tinyurl.com/5spg56

In about half an hour, for PNW folk, the international space station will fly overhead. 8:24, west to east. Sparkly!

Geminid meteors tonight. Harder to see than usual - very bright moon.

Slight chance of aurora tonight, but you'll have better luc (and more colorful) with fireworks. :) Happy New Year!

Quarentid meteor shower tonight and tomorrow. View the charred remains of comet 2003 EH1!

Venus is as far away from the sun as it ever gets tonight. Should be visible 3 hours after sunset. South.

Moderate chance of auroras tonight.

Penumbral eclipse, visible Monday if you're in a western state.

Planetary index = 5. Small chance of auroras.

Possible noctilucent clouds tonight, visible Northern US, if you ever wanted to see spooky glowing clouds. http://tinyurl.com/yt8ubr Woo!

Didn't seen any noctilucent clouds. Consolation prize: international space station flyover, west to east, at about 11:20 PM in the PNW.

Interplanetary magnetic field currently 12.5 south. Good auroras if you're in North Dakota or something; not quite in my area yet...

Tonight: awesome perseids! 1AM pacific, earth will pass through a lost thread of the swift-tuttle comet, up to 200 meteors an hour!

Reminder: it's a good time of year to look for zodiacal light - see the plane of the solar system! North hemisphere, after sunset.

Planetary K-index is 4 tonight, possible auroras. ACTUAL auroras, however, are not looking very good.

A solar flare and a solar wind will both hit earth tomorrow - watch for auroras tomorrow night!

High latitudes might get long, colorful sunsets tonight: Type 1 Polar Stratospheric Clouds. Destroy Ozone layer, get pretty sky.

Largest full moon of 2010 tomorrow night, as the moon reaches perigee with Earth. 30% brighter than usual!

Astronomers estimate a 5% chance of high-latitude auroras tonight. On the other hand, 100% chance of unimpressive taurid meteors. :)

Very small chance of aurora tonight (there was a coronal mass ejection), but you should go outside and look at the orionids anyway.