Re: [APML] Aurora!!

[Bruce Glagola <glagola@aps.anl.gov>]

Jim,

Thanks for the nice comment.  I did some early shots for 30 seconds at
f/2.8 with Kodak Supra 400 and then when it really kicked up later I
decided to cut the exposure down to 15 seconds.  Two years ago I
managed to shoot another aurora and decided that 30 seconds or less
worked best.

Bruce


Jim Ives wrote:
> 
> WOW! Those are fantastic!
> My view of them was certianly not that colorful!
> Jim Ives
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Glagola" <glagola@aps.anl.gov>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Aurora!!
> 
> > I was out shooting both Thursday and Saturday night last week and saw
> > the aurora on both nights from Norther Illinois.  Thursday's display
> > was even brighter and more structured than Saturday.  The shots on the
> > web-site were actually taken about 12:30 am on Friday, Sept. 6.  Some
> > small snapshots are available at :
> >
> > http://www.enteract.com/~glagola/aurora962002.html
> >
> > It was quite a site.  On Thursday I was torn between trying to shoot
> > the aurora or deep sky objects and removed the camera from the back of
> > the scope a couple of times to take aurora pictures.  Unfortunately I
> > did not have a separate tripod for the camera (one more thing to pack
> > in the future, plus an extra camera body).  I ended up putting the
> > camera on an equipment case on top of a small ladder I had with me.
> > The tripod went out Saturday night but I have not had the time to scan
> > any of the aurora images from Saturday night.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > It just got dark here on the east coast(Cape Cod, MA) and the whole
> northern
> > > half of the sky is very, very bright.  Looks like faint green.  Get out
> and
> > > look if you got clear skies!  I'm at 41.5N.
> > >
> > > I got the Fuji 800 going through the camera.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ==================
> > > Chris Cook
> > > Astronomical Photography
> > > www.abmedia.com/astro
> > >
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