The northern lights may be visible this evening due to a geomagnetic storm that occurred on Wednesday. Stargazers in Alaska and parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).

For the first time in more than two years, the full moon will plunge into the Earth's dark inner shadow, producing a total lunar eclipse over the Bay Area.