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Dim Auroral Arc Panorama (June 24, 2024)

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A weak arc of Northern Lights on the night of June 24/25, 2024, low on the northern horizon amid the perpetual twilight glow on a night close to summer solstice. This was from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N. Light from the rising waning Moon also illuminates the sky, clouds and foreground. The aurora was just visible to the eye as a colourless band.

The Kp Index was only 2 this night, but an Aurorasaurus alert did suggest some aurora might be visible from my location as activity was higher than would be expected from the numbers. Noctilucent clouds had appeared earlier in the night at about 11:30 pm. The aurora here was at about 1:15 am.

The bright star Capella is at centre low above the horizon. It is circumpolar from my latitude.

This is a 3-section panorama with the RF28-70mm lens at 28mm and f/2 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400, for 30 seconds each, and on the Nomad tracker, as I had been taking some other tracked shots earlier. So the stars are pinpoint but the ground is blurred slightly. Stitched in Camera Raw.
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A weak arc of Northern Lights on the night of June 24/25, 2024, low on the northern horizon amid the perpetual twilight glow on a night close to summer solstice. This was from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N. Light from the rising waning Moon also illuminates the sky, clouds and foreground. The aurora was just visible to the eye as a colourless band. <br /> <br /> The Kp Index was only 2 this night, but an Aurorasaurus alert did suggest some aurora might be visible from my location as activity was higher than would be expected from the numbers. Noctilucent clouds had appeared earlier in the night at about 11:30 pm. The aurora here was at about 1:15 am. <br /> <br /> The bright star Capella is at centre low above the horizon. It is circumpolar from my latitude. <br /> <br /> This is a 3-section panorama with the RF28-70mm lens at 28mm and f/2 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400, for 30 seconds each, and on the Nomad tracker, as I had been taking some other tracked shots earlier. So the stars are pinpoint but the ground is blurred slightly. Stitched in Camera Raw.