Hi Dennis! I posted the news re comet swan a bit earlier in the Solar System subforum. Exciting, eh? I'll be out there looking for it, you can be sure! Hope you can get some pics of it to share with us.
And the Aurora alert is cool too! The last aurora I saw here in Western New York State was several years ago and it was absolutely gorgeous! I only knew about it because my brother had to go out at 3 a.m. to pick up his son from a late farm job. He happened to look up before he went back into the house and was astounded. We don't get to see many auroras in this area, but this one we later found out was visible way down to Texas. My brother and nephew got some great photos of it. Amazing stuff!