Saturday, October 12, 2024

Calm before the (ion) storm

 Auroras were visible in Creede on Monday (07 Oct).  On Thursday (10 Oct) the sky was on fire with the Northern Lights (at least, in the camera).  On Wednesday (09 Oct), the sky was relatively peaceful, with just some faint green airglow showing up in camera.  Sky brightness was dependent on direction: 21.01 mpsas to the north, 21.19 to the south.

Jupiter rising. Olympus E-M1iii + Laowa 7.5mm f/2 + Hoya Sparkle-6 filter.

Jupiter, at magnitude -2.6, is currently the second brightest "star" in the sky, after Venus, which is magnitude -4.0 in the western sky at dusk.

The next day after this image, this view would be lit up with a spectacular SAR arc.

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