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

["Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Thanks for the nice comments guys!

The thing that was weird that night was after I closed the shutter, there
was a fairly bright pillar or spike directly under polaris that rose up
about 15deg or so.  At first I thought it was an aurora but it didn't have
any color and there was only one. No brightening at the horizon, nothing.  I
walked up a small hill nearby to get a unobstructed view to the north and
discovered there were some car headlights about a 1/2 mile away.  I just
figured that's what it was... now I guess it was a small auroral pillar!

Dominic -  I was also out last night looking for a display but there was
nothing in my neck of the woods.  Guess it didn't make it down the extra
5deg of latitude to 42N.

Chris

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


-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Richard <stanrichard@hotmail.com>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Thursday, May 01, 2003 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] New images: Faint aurora? & lighthouse moonrise


>Chris, a nice star trails photo with the red aurora in there.  What was the
>date on the shot, that should help determine for sure if it was aurora or
>not.
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>Stan Richard
>Events in the Night Sky
>www.nightskyevents.com
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>>From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
>>Reply-To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
>>To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
>>Subject: [APML] New images: Faint aurora? & lighthouse moonrise
>>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:00:20 -0400
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>URL:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/stageharbor-moon.html
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>>Comments welcome.
>>
>>Chris


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