Re: [APML] Why Canadians Dont like it

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

Chuck,
    It's not so bad when you get a show like this - it's almost like seeing
the Grand Canyon for the first time. There is so much going on, film cannot
capture it. I just wish there was an "off" switch for the less impressive
displays! Even when the aurora has finished, airglow will kill your
exposures for a night or two. Just another year or two before we approach
solar minimum.... :-) (then we can see zodiacal light again!)

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Vaughn" <aa6g@aa6g.org>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Why Canadians Dont like it


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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