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Aurora Panorama with Blue Ray (July 25, 2024).jpg
A 180° panorama of the surprise aurora of July 25, 2024, as there was little indication in the day or two before that an aurora was possible this night. But the Kp Index did reach Kp5, which is enough to produce a good display from my location in southern Alberta. Locations farther south in the northern U.S. also saw some Lights this night. This shows a faint blue/purple ray at left in the northwest beside the Big Dipper.
The waning gibbous Moon is in the southeast at right. Due north and Polaris are left of centre, with the Big Dipper at left. Cassiopeia is at upper right, and Andromeda and Pegasus below it at right above the Moon. The view to the east at centre is over a canola field. Forest fire smoke prevalent in the previosu days cleared off enough to provide a good view.
Technical:
This is a panorama of 6 segments, with the Viltrox 16mm lens at f/2 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 800 and each 8-second exposures. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. which handled the segments fine. Though stitching segments passed through DeNoise AI produced seam banding. This stitch is of the original raw files.
The waning gibbous Moon is in the southeast at right. Due north and Polaris are left of centre, with the Big Dipper at left. Cassiopeia is at upper right, and Andromeda and Pegasus below it at right above the Moon. The view to the east at centre is over a canola field. Forest fire smoke prevalent in the previosu days cleared off enough to provide a good view.
Technical:
This is a panorama of 6 segments, with the Viltrox 16mm lens at f/2 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 800 and each 8-second exposures. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. which handled the segments fine. Though stitching segments passed through DeNoise AI produced seam banding. This stitch is of the original raw files.
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