Tom Leonard spotted the aurora right over his house in Lower Allston - looking west on Athol Street - around 7:20 p.m.
Kevin D. Jordan spotted the lights around the Needham TV towers - and he reports that unlike last time, they were definitely visible with the naked eye, even if only briefly: Read more.
Perry, a ham-radio operator (W1GRD) , reports he was up around 2:30 a.m., and on the radio when he heard some unusual distortions in transmissions that made him think there might be some aurora lights up in the sky - so he went outside with his iPhone. Read more.
So far, the auroras we've seen have been a fun phenomenon but haven't caused any problems on earth. A series of auroras over several days in 1859, though, was so powerful they knocked out telegraph service across North American and Europe - and even started small fires in some telegraph offices, including in Springfield. Read more.
Kevin Jordan shows us the lights over the Needham towers - just a month after he watched the total eclipse.
"I’m not even sure how to wrap my mind around this," he says. Read more.
AccuWeather shows eastern Mass. as having a good chance to see an aurora Friday night.
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