On Oct 24, 2013, at 08:25 , Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We had a nice solar near-X-Flare last evening that is sending us an > earth-directed CME. After that hits we should have a good geomagnetic > storm with chances for aurora visible photographically pretty far > south. > We look to be getting a 1-2 punch: > http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/ > > The show could be starting already as it gets dark (in the U.S.), but > your best chances locally will usually be around local midnight. > > Cloud cover looks to be a problem around here, so I may not get a > chance to see this one. > > Tripod mount your camera pointed at the north horizon for 15-30 > seconds at ISO 1600 and see what you get. Obviously better if you can > get away from city lights. > Thanks for the heads-up, Darren! Of course: downtown Minneapolis is directly North of me. I still recall some doozies in 2004 when I was able to photograph them by pointing my P&S Olympus digital directly East - or West! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
