Taranaki Aurora and Milky Way Arch
Taranaki Aurora and Milky Way Arch
Taken: Friday 24 March at 11pm-12pm approx.
Story: With a huge geomagnetic storm in progress I was pretty sure that there would be an aurora - what I wasn't sure about was the weather as it was forecast to be thick high cloud. I knew it was definitely worth trying, and in the end my efforts paid off with my best ever aurora shots and beams over Mt Taranaki that I could see pulsing on the back of my live view camera screen. While I couldn't see the beams with my naked eye, I think I could see a bit of pinkish glow over the mountain - although it's hard to know whether that was my imagination or not.
By 11pm I knew I already had quite a few good aurora shots so I decided to shoot this wide-angle panorama. I'm glad that it came together as there was quite a bit of haze and cloud in the sky which made things more difficult.
On the right side of the sky Orion is setting in the West, and on the left side the Milky Way core has just started to rise in the East. In the middle of the image the red of the aurora is shining.
Camera: Canon EOS R (astro modified)
Filters: H-Alpha plus visible
Lens: Sigma 28mm f1.4
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 36 tracked shots at 1600 ISO, 28mm, f2, 1 min.
Foreground: 6 shots at ISO 800, f2, 2 min.
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.
Taranaki Aurora and Milky Way Arch
Taken: Friday 24 March at 11pm-12pm approx.
Story: With a huge geomagnetic storm in progress I was pretty sure that there would be an aurora - what I wasn't sure about was the weather as it was forecast to be thick high cloud. I knew it was definitely worth trying, and in the end my efforts paid off with my best ever aurora shots and beams over Mt Taranaki that I could see pulsing on the back of my live view camera screen. While I couldn't see the beams with my naked eye, I think I could see a bit of pinkish glow over the mountain - although it's hard to know whether that was my imagination or not.
By 11pm I knew I already had quite a few good aurora shots so I decided to shoot this wide-angle panorama. I'm glad that it came together as there was quite a bit of haze and cloud in the sky which made things more difficult.
On the right side of the sky Orion is setting in the West, and on the left side the Milky Way core has just started to rise in the East. In the middle of the image the red of the aurora is shining.
Camera: Canon EOS R (astro modified)
Filters: H-Alpha plus visible
Lens: Sigma 28mm f1.4
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 36 tracked shots at 1600 ISO, 28mm, f2, 1 min.
Foreground: 6 shots at ISO 800, f2, 2 min.
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.
Taranaki Aurora and Milky Way Arch
Taken: Friday 24 March at 11pm-12pm approx.
Story: With a huge geomagnetic storm in progress I was pretty sure that there would be an aurora - what I wasn't sure about was the weather as it was forecast to be thick high cloud. I knew it was definitely worth trying, and in the end my efforts paid off with my best ever aurora shots and beams over Mt Taranaki that I could see pulsing on the back of my live view camera screen. While I couldn't see the beams with my naked eye, I think I could see a bit of pinkish glow over the mountain - although it's hard to know whether that was my imagination or not.
By 11pm I knew I already had quite a few good aurora shots so I decided to shoot this wide-angle panorama. I'm glad that it came together as there was quite a bit of haze and cloud in the sky which made things more difficult.
On the right side of the sky Orion is setting in the West, and on the left side the Milky Way core has just started to rise in the East. In the middle of the image the red of the aurora is shining.
Camera: Canon EOS R (astro modified)
Filters: H-Alpha plus visible
Lens: Sigma 28mm f1.4
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 36 tracked shots at 1600 ISO, 28mm, f2, 1 min.
Foreground: 6 shots at ISO 800, f2, 2 min.
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.