Observation by Alan C Tough: Winter Solstice Aurora

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Alan C Tough

Observer

Alan C Tough

Observed

2020 Dec 21 - 23:12

Uploaded

2020 Dec 22 - 10:15

Objects

Aurora

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR
Sigma EX DG 20mm lens
Manfrotto tripod

Exposure

20 seconds @ f/3.2, ISO-1600

Location

Hopeman, Moray, Scotland

Target name

Northern Lights

Title

Winter Solstice Aurora

About this image

A very bright (and welcome) light show on the shortest day of the year. I missed the closest meeting of Jupiter and Saturn thanks to a blanket of low cloud. Thankfully the skies cleared to reveal this spectacular aurora.

Files associated with this observation

aurora_20201221_2312_actough.jpg (1.3 MB)

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