Winter dark night is time for aurora

The best time about winter is the cold crisp days and aurora. By the time October passes, Milkyway clouds starts to fade away and the nights are filled with bright stars, planet and aurora. That is if the clouds and rain don't come visiting ... most times they always do.

At 58 deg latitude Stavanger isnt exactly the aurora capital but sometimes the CME is so strong you can see aurora all the way to Germany. Our only blight if cloudy sky and rain being on the Western coast, which is rather common. When clear sky coincide with a particularly strong CME  ... the chasers go chasing.

"Super" moon Saturday

The "super" moon hype ... caught up in the hype perpetrated on social media  ... it's the same old moon, apogee or perigee makes small difference in the size. It almost always appear bigger just as it rises above the horizon. Bigger still with a 600mm or on a telescope   ... wink wink!