Mount Glasgow Aurora

[Phil Hart]

My first Aurora Australis from home and only my second ever capture (first was not worth writing home about either). The alerts were kicking in early evening and with new moon and surprisingly clear skies I couldn't not setup a camera!

Could see a red glow on camera when I was setting up but went back inside - I wouldn't have had to wait long as activity picked up quick but I was blissfully ignorant until this morning.

https://philhart.smugmug.com/Aurora/Aurora-Australis/i-ZHqxX83

Phil

[RB]

Simply beautiful Phil !
Wow.

:thumbsup:

[Regulus]

Nice aurora capture Phil.

Trevor

[Retrograde]

Superb capture Phil. Love the curtaining.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Superb Phil!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Atmos]

It almost looks like the trees are on fire!
Very nicely captured there.

[Phil Hart]

Thanks Andrew, Trevor, Justin, retrograde, atmos.

I'm pretty happy with how strong it came up. What's surprising is how strong and sharp the rays are in one image and yet how much difference there is between two successive 10 second frames. Clearly the rays appeared briefly and strongly in one place and didn't move left/right much.

Phil

[Phil Hart]

I've added some more images to the album to show the progression of the display over the course of just 1 hour.

[pfitzgerald]

What a lovely shot Phil - nice capture.

Paul

[gregbradley]

Terrific capture. You must be rapt. I was thinking the same thing how much it varies over the period of time.

Greg.

[Derek Klepp]

Great pics Phil

[bkm2304]

Excellent shot, Phil.
When I was living in "balmy" Winnipeg years ago, we would get so annoyed because the aurora was flashing so brightly in the window next to the TV we would draw the curtains to block it out so we could watch Roseanne in peace. You don't know what you got till it's gone....

Richard the Aurora Luddite

[N1]

Nicely done Phil. Love the unmistakably Aussie foreground!

[John W]

Hi Phil, Great image of aurora esp. from home base. Pretty sure thats what I captured as well. Regards, John W.

[Regulus]

Yeah the rays come and go and so the best thing is to just keep clicking the shutter until the memory card is full :-)
I've bookmarked this page on my phone for when i am out. It updates every minute. If you wait until the Bz indicator goes (-)negative, then you should be in with a shot. The further into the neg. the better, and the higher the density and faster the speed all helps.
http://www.aurora-service.net/aurora-forecast/

Trev

[CapturingTheNight]

Awesome shots Phil. Always nice when you can get it without driving around the country side like a madman looking for clear skies.

[Phil Hart]

Thanks Paul, Richard, Trev, N1, Greg, John and Derek!



Feels a bit cheeky actually :lol:. I'm sure you enjoyed driving round like a madman in Tassie!

[zardos123]

you must be wrapped, especially from home, looks like you have pretty good skies out there:thumbsup: