Re: [APML] New images: Faint aurora? & lighthouse moonrise

["John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>]

Chris,
    I would definitely buy into the aurora theory. I have a number of shots
where it was not visible to the naked eye, yet film picked it up plain as
day. They look very much like your shot. Nice star trail too!

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:00 PM
Subject: [APML] New images: Faint aurora? & lighthouse moonrise


Hi all -

While waiting for the larger summer targets, I managed an evening out in the
National Seashore last month doing star trails in which I think I captured a
very faint aurora.  The reason I think its an aurora is.
1.) LP is usually recorded as yellow or greenish white not reddish/orange.
2.) The exposure was started after the end of astronomical twilight ended so
its not the last remnants of twilight.
3.) From the site this was taken at and the direction the shot is pointing,
there are no towns for over 300+miles, it is just open ocean, the nearest
town would be somewhere near the central Maine coast.  The small town of
Provincetown on the tip of the Cape is located off to the left side of the
frame.....
I didn't see any sign of an aurora visually.  Any thoughts on this?  Am I
correct to assume its an aurora?

URL:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/seashore-polartrails.html

Also, here a "snapshot" of another lighthouse on the Cape, this one with the
full Moon.  Those interested in art and the painter Edward Hopper should
recognize it.

URL:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/stageharbor-moon.html

Comments welcome.

Chris

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Chris Cook
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro


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