Unusual for us to see two good auroral displays in the same year, but this year has been rather good for solar activity, last night was rather nice to see 😉
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Tag: astrophotography
As the song goes….
….to light the night for our delight 😉 We saw the alerts that there was quite a bit of solar activity which may give us a nice aurora display, popped outside and could see activity with the naked eye which is unusual, after a while we could start to see colour forming which is really unusual for us to see with naked eye. The best display we’ve seen to date.
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Popped outside last night for a quick snap of the aurora borealis…
Read MoreIt would have been unwise…
We decided to stay up a bit later than usual last night to catch a glimpse of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – hereto known after as Neowise, or Neo the Wise. Anyway, we sat and watched the sky change and the stars slowly appear, it became a little chilly so I grabbed a glass of whisky (I’ve got to consider my health after all ;-)). The horizon where Neo the Wise would be putting on its show was cloudy, the cloud gradually built up so we retreated inside. Scroll forward a…
Read MoreNice way to start the year
The 1st of January saw a nice alignment of Mars, Neptune and Venus along with the Moon just to keep them company. Not sure I picked Neptune up on these two shots, I didn’t enlarge and tweak them to see 😉 Last night I tried for a little Moon-shot….
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