Thanks. I have been keeping an eye out for them since my wife hadn't seen them and it was one of her dreams to see them so we lucked out in May and then again now. I keep an eye out on the NOAA's space weather website (https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/). Basically, if that Kp index goes orange or red, the chances are very high. Up here, even when it goes to the yellow, people do see them but they aren't as spectacular and often, only cameras will pick them up well enough to be worth staying out (long exposures and high ISO) - not for us (we'd like to see them well with our eyes). Luckily for us, we have pretty dark skies and it's a dark neighborhood for the most part, esp. on weekdays and after summer's done so I can just have a quick peek out the back porch to see if anything is happening. Winters are amazing for looking up at the skies here with such dry air and long nights - we saw the very cool Geminid meteor showers, which are coming up again in mid-December (something like 120 meteors/hour so you get to see lots...and we did and a few fireballs too so for sure worth doing if it's clear).
Another aurora shot - looking straight up at a point where things seemed to come together - that's my antenna in the bottom left.
Amazing light show tonight, Auroras in Muskoka
