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

[Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Chris, I expect everyone knows about this resource but here is a website I check
all the time especially if I can count on a clear sky:

http://www.skynewsmagazine.com/pages/aurora.html

This will give you a strong indication of whether you're going to see anything
(it says it is statistical and I'm sure somebody knows how it works but it seems
pretty accurate).

Stuart

Chris Cook wrote:

> 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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