Observation by Duncan Hale-Sutton: Aurora from Norfolk

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Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observer

Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observed

2025 Dec 03 - 19:50

Uploaded

2025 Dec 03 - 23:26

Objects

Aurora

Equipment

Sony RX100
Manfrotto Tripod

Exposure

2.5s at f/1.8, ISO 1600

Location

Neatishead, Norfolk

Target name

Aurora in moonlight

Title

Aurora from Norfolk

About this image

The first aurora alert came about 18:00 UT with a strength of 380.8 nT on the Aurora Watch magnetometer. This rose to 560.2 nT at 19:00 and then fell back to 218.6 nT at 20:00. I thought initially that the moonlight would drown out what I would be able to see. I started observing at 19:11 UT and carried on till 19:21 UT but the aurora looked quite weak at that stage. I went out again at 19:46 and the whole thing had picked up considerably and carried on for the next 11 minutes.

Files associated with this observation

2025-12-03 19-50UT DHS Aurora.jpg (650.4 kB)

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