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Superb northern lights right now :)  Meant to be one of the best in years.

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

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Aurora Australis not too shabby either 🙂 


Love the red. Didn’t see any red here personally.

 

 

 

The following colours can be seen when the northern lights are in the sky.

Green: Green is the most common colour seen from the ground and is produced when charged particles collide with oxygen molecules at altitudes of 100 to 300 km.

Pink and dark red: Occasionally, the lower edge of an aurora will have a pink or dark red fringe, which is produced by nitrogen molecules at altitudes of around 100 km.

Red: A bit higher in the atmosphere (at altitudes of 300 to 400 km), collisions with oxygenatoms produce red auroras.

Blue and purple: Finally, hydrogen and heliummolecules can produce blue and purple auroras, but these colours tend to be difficult for our eyes to see against the night sky.

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6 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

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Aurora Australis not too shabby either 🙂 

 

Southern lights puffs. 

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44 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

Southern lights puffs. 

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Big meteor shower tonight if you have clear skies and kids. 12-2 is the prime viewing slot.

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34 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Big meteor shower tonight if you have clear skies and kids. 

Seems like slightly odd criteria 

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11 minutes ago, Alex said:

Seems like slightly odd criteria 


:lol: 
 

No way I’d be up and out at 1am watching the skies if not for the sake of kids. Maybes just getting old.

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On 11/05/2024 at 04:05, RobinRobin said:

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Mount Doom viewed from The Dhire not too shabby either 🙂 

2nd Breakfasted YP

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Nice Hunters supermoon tonight. Took this with my S22+. Didn't faff around with settings, just point zoom and shoot. 

Phone cameras are amazing nowadays. Watched a YouTube where an experienced astrophotographer managed to get shots of the milky way equivalent to dedicated cameras costing 5000 quid. In another shot, he managed to layer photographs from the phone to actually capture Andromeda. 

All you need is a tripod, good weather, and sky's not polluted with lights. Admittedly a mixture of effort and luck I guess. 

 

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5 hours ago, Renton said:

Nice Hunters supermoon tonight. Took this with my S22+. Didn't faff around with settings, just point zoom and shoot. 

Phone cameras are amazing nowadays. Watched a YouTube where an experienced astrophotographer managed to get shots of the milky way equivalent to dedicated cameras costing 5000 quid. In another shot, he managed to layer photographs from the phone to actually capture Andromeda. 

All you need is a tripod, good weather, and sky's not polluted with lights. Admittedly a mixture of effort and luck I guess. 

 

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You mean my camera won't do the job?

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