Aurora 13-14 March 2022

[Altocumulus]

Just a short video.

 

 

[carastro]

That’s great.  Where was this taken? 

[Altocumulus]

NE Scotland. 20 miles NW of Aberdeen.

I don't have the clearest view of the northern horizon, with those trees and a ridge to contend with!

Looking at reports on the Glendale App, it could be viewed as far south as the Midlands (Tamworth/Stoke).

Taken using AllSkeye software - video at 6 frames/second - edited for posting with Movie Maker.

Edited March 14, 2022 by Altocumulus

[FenlandPaul]

Great video. It looked like a cracking display last night - I’ve seen some great footage from Scotland, Denmark and (of course!) Norway. 

[Altocumulus]

Aye. I'm still, though, scratching around with settings to get a better view. Increasingly it looks like a ZWO camera is more awkward to use than a dslr!

I had blue set at 90, red at 65, gain at 200. It looks like the highlights in this instance are somewhat blown with little to see in green or the classic diffuse pink glow. If night repeats, I'm trying a gain of 0 which might improve the dynamic range - problem is, too, no night is the same - especially currently with a strong moon.

Another option I'm toying with is using an unused guide scope which will give a much smaller fov than the standard ZWO 150deg lens.

[Rustang]

I saw the alerts for this last night and the pictures posted throughout the night on the Aurora Watch UK FB page, very jealous!

Edited March 14, 2022 by Rustang

[Altocumulus]

Thanks Rustang and, despite Schafernaker on BBC Weather saying so, there wasn't one to be seen last night.