Can you guys who live around  the equator ever see the northern lights?
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No, it is not possible to view Northern Lights from the Equator.\nYou can see Northern Lights from latitutes beyond the Arctic Circle (66.30 N)
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They have cold waves in southern South America, too. It is warmer at the equator because the sun shines there 12 hours a day, every day. It shines straight down, too, not at an angle. The further you get from the equator, going either way, the more severe the winters.
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Visible at latitudes between +90° and −65°\nBest visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of October
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The polar aurora is a glow observed in the night sky in the polar zone. It is also known as "northern lights" or "aurora borealis," Latin for "northern dawn" since (in Europe especially) it often appears as a reddish glow on the northern horizon, as if the sun were rising from an unusual direction. Aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and March to April. Its southern counterpart "aurora australis," has identical properties, so scientists prefer "polar aurora" (or "aurora polaris").\n\nAurora is now known to be caused by electrons of typical energy of 1-15 keV, i.e. the energy obtained by the electrons passing through a voltage difference of 1000-15,000 volts. The light is produced when they collide with atoms of the upper atmosphere, typically at altitudes of 80-150 km. It tends to be dominated by emissions of atomic oxygen--the greenish line at 5577 A and (especially with electrons of lower energy and higher altitude) the dark-red line at 6300 A. Both these represent "forbidden" transitions of atomic oxygen from energy levels which (in absence of collisions) persist for a long time, accounting for the slow brightening and fading (0.5-1 sec) of auroral rays. Many other lines can also be observed, especially those of molecular nitrogen, and these vary much faster, revealing the true dynamic nature of the aurora.\n\nFrom Wikipedia.  See link for more information.
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near the equator in the an ocean ussualy
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No. It depends on weather patterns and distance from the equator. For instance, the snow line on a mountain in Brazil could be non-existant, while a mountian the same height in Alaska could have its snowline at only a few thousand feet.
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Actually, the time difference between yourself and your companion 'sunrise-watcher' varies depending on latitude. Up by the Arctic circle, you could be seeing the sun set only a few hundred miles from someone watching it rise. Go to time.gov, they show a graphic representation of the earth showing the terminator between day and night. You'll see what I mean.
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Nope. \nThere is some evidence that people can sense the magnetic field of the earth and tell which way magnetic north is. But as for true north no one can do that without knowing the magnetic variation for the location they are at.\nWell if you know the time of year and about where you are you could tell true north from the stars but that would be about the same as knowing the magnetic variation for your location.
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It's extremely rare, but can sometimes be seen in the northern states.  Probably when it's a large display on a very clear night.  I remember seeing something that everyone says was the Northern Lights in Connecticut as a kid but I was pretty young.  Could have been fireworks for all I know.
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I live in a small town in the midwest and make it a point to go out and do some stargazing.  The street lights do wash out some of the dimmer stars, but there are still a lot of stars to see.  Going out into the countryside will reveal a lot more stars.  Not only the stars though, in the last week I have also seen Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury..and the most fantastic cresent moon in the early morning.  If a person can get up into the mountains at night (no mountains where I am at), the sky is very full of stars...way too cool.
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It depends on what you want to see. The sun can be very interesting viewed with the appropriate equipment. For stars and the aurora late night works well, especially in cooler climates as the cold air causes less distortion of the stars. A good site to see is spaceweather.com.
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Northern parts of Alaska have six months of darkness, while the farther south you go, the less darkness.   I lived for a year on the northern tip of Baffin Island and the sun set on November 2 and didn't come up again until about February 4.   I think that might bre about equivalent to the most northern part of Alaska.  \n\nThis link gives the information you need.
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The poles are not good places for observatories, from a purely geometric point of view. From the north pole, you can see only half the sky, the same half night after night for six months. Then during the summer the sun is in the sky all the time and you can't see anything except the sun.\n\nA similar problem exists at the south pole, except that the seasons are reversed.\n\nFrom the equator you can see the entire sky over the course of a year. On any single night, you can see only some of the sky, but if you wait a year you can see it all.
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You are referring to Aurora Borealis.  I am no expert on the subject, but this is how I understand. It may not be completely accurate, but a real scientist will be along soon to correct me, I hope.\n\nSo the sun spews solar flares regularly.  The flares that reach earth are attracted to the poles, and they hit the atmosphere creating a spectacular display of lights.  I know for sure that they are visible in Alaska, and my GUESS is that they are visible throughout the Arctic circle, or thereabouts.  However, sometimes, when the earth is tilted at just the right angle towards the sun(sorry, don't know what time of year that is) AB is visible as far south as Wyoming and Colorado.\n\nI do not know if it's also visible at the south pole.  I don't know what time of year you're most likely to see it.  I don't know anything.  But now that you have the name: Aurora Borealis, you'll be able to do your research much more easily.
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In the mid-latitude regions like the 48 contiguous states of the US, the path of the sun (the ecliptic) across the sky is lower than it is in the tropics. \n\nIf you lived at the equator, the sun would pass directly overhead at true noon on an equinox day (it passes directly overhead where I live this week, and again in July). We say this is 90 degrees from the horizon.\n\nIf you lived at one of the poles, the sun would barely skim the horizon in the summer--getting only as high as 23.3 degrees, and not appear at all in winter. \n\nIf you lived at 45 degrees latitude north, the highest the sun would ever get in your sky is about 68 degrees from the southern horizon on the summer solstice.\n\nIf you were to trace the path of the sun from the horizon as it rises and sets--you might suffer permanent damage to your eyes, so don't--you would find that in North America the angle is more acute than it is in the tropics, because of the lower path in the sky.\n\nFor these two reasons, the sun spends more of its "day" near the horizon in the US than it would in many places in India. On the other hand, there are some places in the US that are farther south than some places in India!
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mainly above the north and south poles
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Aurora Borealis\nThe Nothern Lights