Re: [APML] Why Canadians Dont like it

[Chuck Vaughn <aa6g@aa6g.org>]

John,

I agree with you. The last thing I wanted to see when I drove 3 hours 
to photograph was an aurora. Fortunately it is a rare event down here. 
I don't even like having Venus in the sky or seeing the zodiacal light!

Chuck <aa6g@aa6g.org>

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>     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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