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

["Brian Larmay" <astrobri@ameritech.net>]

Hi Chris...
Just seen your shots...very pleasing colours.

Excellent chris!

Brian


> 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
>
> ----------------------------------
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >Stan Richard
> >Events in the Night Sky
> >www.nightskyevents.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>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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