Post by tmcewan on Jun 9, 2007 14:51:38 GMT
Hi,
Finally, we had some clear sky last night, June 08-09. Started observing at 2230UT but had to wait until 0008UT before spotting any NLC - a few faint bands below Capella, just on naked eye visibility, more obvious through 10x50b's. It was a weak display overall but became fairly extensive around 0200UT at 25 degrees elevation, 320-070 in azimuth. Maximum brightness 2. Faded out completely by 0230UT.
I put the Canon compact A520 into action for the first time. Had to do a bit of tweaking (mostly with the power saving settings on the laptop). I set the camera at 200ISO, with 5 second exposures made every 60 seconds. The aperture was selected automatically by the camera. It worked reasonably well but next time I'll try 4 sec and 6 sec exposures. By great fortune, exposure number 1 caught a meteor (top right hand corner of image below).
0048 UT, 5 secs at f2.6
0151 UT, 5 secs at f7.1
Tom
Finally, we had some clear sky last night, June 08-09. Started observing at 2230UT but had to wait until 0008UT before spotting any NLC - a few faint bands below Capella, just on naked eye visibility, more obvious through 10x50b's. It was a weak display overall but became fairly extensive around 0200UT at 25 degrees elevation, 320-070 in azimuth. Maximum brightness 2. Faded out completely by 0230UT.
I put the Canon compact A520 into action for the first time. Had to do a bit of tweaking (mostly with the power saving settings on the laptop). I set the camera at 200ISO, with 5 second exposures made every 60 seconds. The aperture was selected automatically by the camera. It worked reasonably well but next time I'll try 4 sec and 6 sec exposures. By great fortune, exposure number 1 caught a meteor (top right hand corner of image below).
0048 UT, 5 secs at f2.6
0151 UT, 5 secs at f7.1
Tom
