Photographing
Payson Aurora on April 18, 2002
with the
new All Sky Camera
Updated 4/18/02
Photographic Aurora
are the most difficult yet most common type to phogaph. In Arizona,
we have less than one visible display per year of the Aurora during
solar maximum. But the photographic Aurora are 10 times more common,
if you know when and how to shoot them. On April 17/18 the Kp
value rose to a moderate 6.5 for a few hours, normally too low
to see an active display. But we shoot the northern horizon even
if we dont see anything, and most of the time we get rewarded
with nothing. This time, it was a sucess story, the last few frames
of the night had the telltale red glow in the north showing a
auroral storm in progress deep to the north. The new All Sky Camera
was put into play for this exact patrol work several months ago,
and we hit paydirt last night! Because the Aurora are almost always
red here in Arizona, Kodak E200 was used to capture its elusive
glow. A 50mm f/2.8 camera lens was used to photograph the convex
surface and obtain the 180 degree sky coverage.
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A New All Sky Camera for 35mm and Digital Photography
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Latest image of Comet Linear S4
Spectacular Red Aurora over Payson Arizona
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Test Images with Fuji NPH400
First Two Comets with the new CCD Camera
Chris
Schur
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