Observation by Duncan Hale-Sutton: Aurora from Norfolk

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Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observer

Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observed

2026 Jan 10 - 23:25

Uploaded

2026 Jan 11 - 15:25

Objects

Aurora

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 15^h50^m
Dec: +61°21'
Position angle: -27°46'

Field size

64° × 45°

Equipment

Sony RX100

Exposure

15s at f/1.8, ISO 1600

Location

Neatishead, Norfolk

Target name

Aurora

Title

Aurora from Norfolk

About this image

The first aurora alert came about 20:00 UT with a strength of 240 nT on the Aurora Watch magnetometer. This fell back to 190.0 nT at 21:00. I went out and had a look at 21:10 UT but there was no aurora showing. The alerts kept coming. At 22:00 UT the magnetometer was up to 310 nT and then 370 nT at 23.00. I went out again at 23:25 UT when this image was taken. From this point in time the display was declining but it could still be made out faintly at 23:52 UT.

Files associated with this observation

2026-01-10 23-25UT DHS Aurora.jpg (568.4 kB)

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