Aurora 1 December 2023

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An almost all night aurora - sadly the moon gets in the way!


But enjoy ...



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Thanks Geoff,

That was fun to watch. I'm looking for an all-sky camera, which one are you using in your video from this post?

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very nice vid , thx .
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JayTee wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:10 pm Thanks Geoff,

That was fun to watch. I'm looking for an all-sky camera, which one are you using in your video from this post?

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Great capture, Geoff. The aurora are one of the celestial events I have not had the good fortune of witnessing yet. Maybe one of these days...
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Awesome Geoff,

I seem to always have cloud, Thanks!
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That´s great! I had clouds here...
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