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« on: October 08, 2012, 11:44:07 PM »

Major league Aurora Borealis visible in central North Dakota tonight. Beautiful!!

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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 08:06:26 AM »

I wondered if there was some. I could hear some warble on northern European stations on 80 and 40 meters last night.
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2012, 10:06:21 AM »

Saw a little of it in central vermont through the fog, then light clouds later.


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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2012, 11:22:40 AM »

Saw a little of it in central vermont through the fog, then light clouds later.
great picture...tnx fer posting
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2012, 12:39:17 PM »

I wondered if there was some. I could hear some warble on northern European stations on 80 and 40 meters last night.
I tuned around on 160 yesterday around 9 p.m. and heard the same warbling signals and thought something was up with old Sol.
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2012, 12:50:18 PM »

Couldn't see it this far south, in New Mexico.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2012, 01:27:17 PM »

Saw a little of it in central vermont through the fog, then light clouds later.

Yah very cool shot.

What was your exposure time, 5 minutes or so?

Enough to accumulate that sort of "twilight" sky but not too long that the stars moved much.

Good job.

I poked around the various receiver locations on globaltuners.com after hearing effects here in Maryland on 75m.  Sure enough a receiver in Canada was really warbaly, while others to the south, laterally to Europe, less so if at all.



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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 08:35:03 PM »

Saw a little of it in central vermont through the fog, then light clouds later.

Yah very cool shot.

What was your exposure time, 5 minutes or so?

Enough to accumulate that sort of "twilight" sky but not too long that the stars moved much.

Good job.


Thanks.

That was a 20 second exposure, at f4, ISO-800, 50mm lens...  Canon T2i , with OWB filter.
( the "Original White Balance filer was in.. because I ripped out all the factory filters in front of the sensor, for astrophotography)

I just wish I could convince my neighbors to the north that they can turn their outside lights off once in a while, instead of having them on all night, every night.  

I took over 110 exposures, that was one of the better ones.
Still practicing, but hard to practice when the ( visible) events are so few and far between!

I bet Ron had a much better show in North Dakota though!
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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2012, 02:55:47 AM »

That figures!   I missed a decent aurora again!   Embarrassed  So much for working some 2m CW DX!
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