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

["Chris Schur" <cschur@cybertrails.com>]

Chris, looks exactly like the blood red auorora we get here in Arizona. Nice
shot!

Take Care,

Chris
Astrophotograpy site: http://www.PSIAZ.com/schur/astro/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Cook <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:00 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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>
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