Bookmark this link:
http://spaceweather.com
for current info on Solar Flares, Aurora and other interesting space and atmospheric phenomena.
For example:
"AURORA WATCH: Northern sky watchers, be alert for auroras tonight. A solar wind stream is approaching Earth, and it might cause a mild geomagnetic storm when it arrives on Sept 29th or 30th."
And info we all need to know before we step outside!
"SOLAR WIND
speed: 280.5 km/s
density: 10.3 protons/cm3
And for the end of the world types:
"Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.
On 29 Sep 2006 there were 803 known Potentially
Hazardous Asteroids "
Amaze your friends, and be prepared for any eventuallity!
How far north do you have to be? I live in New Jersey and hope it won't be visible this far south. Because if it is' somebody in Trenton will figure out a way to tax me for looking at.