Just a heads up for those with dark skies and in the North. Looking at
the data so far on the various aurora sites I'm not that hopeful but
you never know.

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Dave Liquorice wrote:
Just a heads up for those with dark skies and in the North. Looking at
the data so far on the various aurora sites I'm not that hopeful but
you never know.

anyone else got one


AuroraWatch Alert, Thursday November 06 21:01 GMT 2003:
Large increase in local activity, possible SSC.
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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:22:27 +0000, Shy Tot wrote:

anyone else got one

AuroraWatch Alert, ...

Yep, it was that message that prompted the "heads up".

I can't decide if I did see something last night or not. The northern
sky definately had a glow but was it auroa or just moonlight reflected
from haze/cloud?

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:22:27 +0000, Shy Tot wrote:


anyone else got one

AuroraWatch Alert, ...


Yep, it was that message that prompted the "heads up".

I can't decide if I did see something last night or not. The northern
sky definately had a glow but was it auroa or just moonlight reflected
from haze/cloud?


What time did you get yours?

K

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 09:01:29 +0000, K wrote:

Yep, it was that message that prompted the "heads up".

What time did you get yours?

Picked it up at the next hourly mail run after it was sent, ie 22:00
It was sitting in my ISPs mailbox at 21:10:53. It spent 10 mins in a
queue within Lancs Uni.

Received: from tesla.dcs.lancs.ac.uk (tesla.dcs.lancs.ac.uk
[148.88.3.40]) by ...
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:10:48 GMT
Received: from tesla.dcs.lancs.ac.uk (unknown [127.0.0.1])
by tesla.dcs.lancs.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP
id D51EA11F79; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:01:13 +0000 (GMT)

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail

In message , Dave
Liquorice writes
AuroraWatch Alert, ...

Yep, it was that message that prompted the "heads up".

I can't decide if I did see something last night or not. The northern
sky definately had a glow but was it auroa or just moonlight reflected
from haze/cloud?

Got my alert not long after it was sent, just after 21.01 - I went to
the Aurorawatch site, but it only showed a blip. When I went outside, I
could see a few stars, and the moon was very bright so I persuaded
myself not to get too excited.
On the subject of the eclipse - I took some crap photos of one a while
back with my film camera, so I'm going to have a go with the digital,
conditions permitting. Am I right in thinking I need more or less
daylight settings for this one?

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Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:54:49 +0000, Anita Evans wrote:

On the subject of the eclipse - I took some crap photos of one a
while back with my film camera, so I'm going to have a go with the
digital, conditions permitting. Am I right in thinking I need more
or less daylight settings for this one?

Daylight white balance for sure. Exposure I donno, it's digital
doesn't cost anything to take a picture look at it and erase it if
it's rubbish.

I'm going to have a go. I have yet to get an decent picture of the
moon, always way to over exposed. Think I might use spot metering and
see what the automatics think should be used and go from there.

Might be a bit chilly though, 8C ATM but if the wind gets up that soon
becomes an effective 0C or lower... Hopefully the large bank of cloud
to the SE will stay there and not come up here.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Picked up my alert near dawn this morning. Rushed outside to see if there
was anything to see; dawn was just breaking but thought I could see a shaft
of hazy glow somewhere near the pole star, that came and went a couple of
times. Maybe it was the aurora, maybe it was not.

I have seen an aurora once before, in 1952, and it has left a lasting
impression in my memory for the whole of my life. I would very much like to
see it again.............

Richard.
South Lincs

"Anita Evans" wrote in message
...
In message , Dave
Liquorice writes
AuroraWatch Alert, ...

Yep, it was that message that prompted the "heads up".

I can't decide if I did see something last night or not. The northern
sky definately had a glow but was it auroa or just moonlight reflected
from haze/cloud?

Got my alert not long after it was sent, just after 21.01 - I went to
the Aurorawatch site, but it only showed a blip. When I went outside, I
could see a few stars, and the moon was very bright so I persuaded
myself not to get too excited.
On the subject of the eclipse - I took some crap photos of one a while
back with my film camera, so I'm going to have a go with the digital,
conditions permitting. Am I right in thinking I need more or less
daylight settings for this one?

--
Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)

In article , Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:54:49 +0000, Anita Evans wrote:

On the subject of the eclipse - I took some crap photos of one a
while back with my film camera, so I'm going to have a go with the
digital, conditions permitting. Am I right in thinking I need more
or less daylight settings for this one?

Daylight white balance for sure. Exposure I donno, it's digital
doesn't cost anything to take a picture look at it and erase it if
it's rubbish.

I'm going to have a go. I have yet to get an decent picture of the
moon, always way to over exposed. Think I might use spot metering and
see what the automatics think should be used and go from there.

Might be a bit chilly though, 8C ATM but if the wind gets up that soon
becomes an effective 0C or lower... Hopefully the large bank of cloud
to the SE will stay there and not come up here.


The moon is just a patch of bright sunlight, except during an eclipse of
course, when it's in shadow.

So I guess you'd use the same exposure as you would on an overcast day
here on earth.

Maybe try a couple of shots at dusk, and note the camera settings. With
a bit of luck, that would also keep the surounding sky nice and black.

hth
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Jon
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jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom
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In message , Jon Rogers
writes

Maybe try a couple of shots at dusk, and note the camera settings. With
a bit of luck, that would also keep the surounding sky nice and black.

This website looks quite useful

http://webs.wichita.edu/lapo/photogr...nareclipse.htm
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Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)