Re: [APML]: Aurora Photographs

["Mike Regish" <mregish@map.com>]

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You could keep an eye on the web for any solar activity. I don't have any
URL's, but I'm sure they're out there. Maybe somebody else on the list has
some useful URL's for that. Aurorae are directly related to solar activity.
I believe they are a result of solar flares and/or mass ejections.

You would probably want to use a wide angle lens, say 24mm up to maybe 50mm
and exposures up to a few minutes on any of the commonly used astrofilms
like Kodak PPF 400, or PJM.

Hope this helps some. I've only seen 2 very faint aurorae before. I think I
caught one on film while trying to photograph Hyakutake.

Mike Regish
mregish@map.com

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From: charles@jon.cjfny.org <charles@jon.cjfny.org>
To: astro-photo@nightsky.com <astro-photo@nightsky.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 3:28 PM
Subject: [APML]: Aurora Photographs


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>Hi All:
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>Last Wednesday night featured a spectacular auroral display from my site
>in Quebec. Just wondering what lenses and exposure times people use to
>photograph auroras?
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>I was also wondering if there is any way to predict such events? If I
>woud have known an auroral display was going to emerge that night, I
>would have brought my stationary tripod. Is there a site on the Internet
>that provides info regarding the potential for auroras on a given
>evening? I would find them interesting to photograph given their dynamic
>nature...
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>Charles
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