Perseids and Aurora, 11-12 August
Photos taken with Canon EOS Rebel T7, kit 18*55mm lens, ISO 1600, F4.8, 15 second exposure, Went out last night at about 23:00 MDT, Hoping to watch the Perseid meteor shower. On my way out, Anne reminded me that the Aurora Borealis was supposed to be visible from our location tonight. I set up a lawn chair looking NNE towards where Perseus should be. The Aurora was covering that part of the sky all the way up to the bottom of Cassiopeia. It extended from the NNW to the East.Visually, it looked like a large grey/white cloud, and could easily be mistaken for one. In fact, I'm sure I have in the past. Through my night vision scope there was occasional structure ( vertical striations ) visible. I tried to take some pictures with my phone camera, but it isn't well suited for that type of imaging. Cell Phone Photo looking East. You can just pick out a hint of the red. The Aurora created quite a bit of skyglow. We also have quite a bit of smoke from wildfires. The smoke exac...