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yes robin, i reckon you caught it!
Now did i say "all finished now". wife arrived home and i said, did you see the aurora, gee it was good earlier tonight, but still there might be some still there! She said no, so we go outside and the sky was literally on fire!!
Brother drives up as i am busily getting the toucam set up and i start trying to get video, no good really, back to longer exposure. Whilst I am setting up laptop and camera, my brother says, "can you get this on camera?" i said "what?" looking up from laptop screen
This is the only way i know how to describe it:
look at the southern celestial pole. 180 degrees in RA around is red and white and touches of green pillars of light. To about 70 degrees dec. Then things got interesting. We are now talking 200+ degrees wide and 120 degrees over and behind my head!!!!
then waves bursts of light run up the pillars. it seems to come to a point like a big teardrop. the sides curving up from east and west and then coming to that point say 120 degrees from south over my head ie north!!!
no way long exposure could catch the sub second changes.
literally hang on for the ride.
I do not think I shall see such a spectacle again and i am rather sad that my favourite little toucam was not up to the job so i could share with you all!
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