Re: [APML] Why Canadians Dont like it

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Found it, http://www.cam.org/~georgea/AURORA13.jpg
4.5 hour drive for dark skies last September 5th.
Still was an amazing site, the aurora and the thirty odd telescopes
abandoned on the runway with the owners flat on their backs going "Oh
Wow!!" for three hours.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

"John C. Mirtle" wrote:
> 
>     In the past there have been people on APML who have been somewhat
> suprised to learn that in Canada, we hate aurora! I have finally scanned an
> image that I think illustrates why this is so. It was taken during the last
> auroral peak, 11 years ago. It was an all-sky aurora, and by some miracle I
> happened to have my 28mm lens with me. I had planned on shooting some nebula
> in Monoceros at prime focus, which was impossible.
>     The picture shows aurora south or Orion, while an observer valiantly
> attempts to observe M65/66 in a 4" refractor.
> http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/aurora6.htm A few more shots from this night
> are here: http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/solarsys.htm Now imagine that this
> was the first night warm/clear enough to shoot in 3 months, and maybe you
> can understand my grumblings! And yes, the aurora was blue.
> 
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
> 
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