Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread

PAS Photography · 4th of December 2007 (Tue)

Thought Id start a post on Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alerts and when they will be seen below the Canadian border. Ive missed the last couple times in years past as with alot of other photographers. If you hear of them being visible post up a message on here and we can all get a chance to shoot some images.

I use this site for general info on the visability range
http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

Thanks for viewing and keep us informed.

Paul

Geoff_Shawcross · 5th of December 2007 (Wed)

Looks like a pretty informative website. Another good one is Spaceweather.com, wich I look at often. Lots of good information other than aurora borialis information too.

kolok · 5th of December 2007 (Wed)

Very interesting sites!

txduggan · 5th of December 2007 (Wed)

Lucky for you peeps in the more northern latitudes.

I was lucky enough to witness aurora down here in the 41º latitudes after that x20 solar flare in 2003:

(not very good, but serves the purpose)

http://tomduggan.com/misc/astro/aurora03/

Aurora is pretty much unheard of down this far.

IIRC, the aurora reached the Virginias for that particular instance.

If you have the chance to experience it, don't miss it! Talk about eerie.....

I'm heading to Alaska next June, but will miss the aurora due to it being daylight most of the time.

Funny, aurora to Alaskan astronomers is considered light pollution! LOL!

Tom D

olly_k · 5th of December 2007 (Wed)

And for people in the UK there is AuroraWatch. My Grandfather use to be able to see the Northern Lights 40 years ago from Manchester but sadly light pollution has made my chances pretty much impossible!

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PAS Photography Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 502	Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread Thought Id start a post on Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alerts and when they will be seen below the Canadian border. Ive missed the last couple times in years past as with alot of other photographers. If you hear of them being visible post up a message on here and we can all get a chance to shoot some images. I use this site for general info on the visability range http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/ Thanks for viewing and keep us informed. Paul __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographypas/ http://submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=66057 Catch my "How to Take Lightning Photos" Article and Photos in Shutterbug Magazine coming out soon this Year!!!!

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Geoff_Shawcross "Nuttier than a squirrel terd" Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,086 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread Looks like a pretty informative website. Another good one is Spaceweather.com, wich I look at often. Lots of good information other than aurora borialis information too. __________________ Geoff \| SmugMug \| Gear List \| *BUY & SELL FORUM FEEDBACK* "I bring you to a paradise planet two billion light years from earth and you want to update Twitter?" --The Doctor from 'Doctor Who'

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kolok Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 654	Re: Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread Very interesting sites! __________________ 5D + some Lenses - Steve

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txduggan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Highland Mills, Orange County, Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 1,001 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread Lucky for you peeps in the more northern latitudes. I was lucky enough to witness aurora down here in the 41º latitudes after that x20 solar flare in 2003: (not very good, but serves the purpose) http://tomduggan.com/misc/astro/aurora03/ Aurora is pretty much unheard of down this far. IIRC, the aurora reached the Virginias for that particular instance. If you have the chance to experience it, don't miss it! Talk about eerie..... I'm heading to Alaska next June, but will miss the aurora due to it being daylight most of the time. Funny, aurora to Alaskan astronomers is considered light pollution! LOL! Tom D

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olly_k Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Greater Manchester, UK Posts: 641 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Northern US Aurora - Northern Lights Alert Thread And for people in the UK there is AuroraWatch. My Grandfather use to be able to see the Northern Lights 40 years ago from Manchester but sadly light pollution has made my chances pretty much impossible! __________________ : 350D : Sigma 17-70 2.8-4.5 DC MACRO : Sigma 55-200 F4-5.6 DC : Sigma 70 -300 F4-5.6 APO DG MACRO : Kit 18-55 : Photax 300 f5.6 M42 : ~ click for my 'scrapbook' ~ MY FLICKR ~

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