Observation by Nick James: Aurora from Chelmsford

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Feb 27 - 00:38

Uploaded

2023 Feb 27 - 00:38

Objects

Aurora

Equipment

IMX291 + 4mm f/0.95

Exposure

125 x 1/25s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Aurora

Title

Aurora from Chelmsford

About this image

One of the disadvantages of observing from inside is that you don't get to see what is going on in the sky. I've been imaging comets all night but at 2057 I got an email from Denis Buczynski telling me that there was an aurora on his monitoring camera at Tarbatness. I had a look at the live stream and it was pretty spectacular but I didn't think any more about it. It was only when I saw Paul Whitmarsh's image from Sussex here that I thought that I would have a look at my telescope monitoring camera video. This is a 5s stack from that video when the aurora was at its brightest. I do wish that I had gone outside now!

Files associated with this observation

aurora_20230226_2123_ndj.jpg (286.4 kB)

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Comments

Nick James, 2023 Feb 27 - 07:06 UTC

Here is a 2 minute clip from UK004D, my B&W NW facing meteor camera. This is real time and shows just how dynamic the aurora can be. This is a timelapse from the colour monitoring camera for the one hour period from 2100 - 2200.

Paul Whitmarsh

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