Kp 1.67: Brock Braces For A Very Quiet Sky

What BBN said about it

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSky alert for Wednesday night. I'm tracking a planetary K index of one point six seven, and I want everyone indoors.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPer NOAA, the scale runs zero to nine, and storm level starts at five Eastern. One point six seven is nowhere near it.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo what does that mean for the northern lights over my house?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAt that level they'd show only near the Arctic Circle, if at all. The three-day forecast peaks at a four, still below a storm.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA four. That's one whole number below a storm, Nina. I can feel it in my sinuses.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a number under five.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFine, but the Moon is a waning gibbous, ninety-six percent lit, per the Naval Observatory. That's a floodlight pointed at my garden.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's why the Orionids will be hard to see. Under a perfectly dark sky it's about twenty meteors an hour, all Halley's Comet debris.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo go somewhere dark, give your eyes twenty minutes, and don't expect aurora.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA Starlink launch with twenty-seven satellites is set for twelve-oh-two AM Eastern Friday.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistDark, patient, and nothing to see. So I'm going outside to be ignored by the Moon.