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The Big Dipper and Ursa Major plus the Little Dipper or Ursa Minor over the Viking Hall at the Lofotr Viking Museum in the Lofoten Islands, Norway on an unusally clear night, but alas with no aurora. Illumination is from moonlight and the sidewalk lights along the pathnways there. In Viking skylore, the Big Dipper was Karlwagn, the Men’s Chariot. The Little Dipper was Kvennavagn, the Woman's chariot.

The Lofotr Viking Museum (Lofotr Vikingmuseum) is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in the municipality of Vestvågøy.

This is a stack of 4 x 5-second exposures with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
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Big Dipper, Scenics, 2019 Norway Auroras (October)
The Big Dipper and Ursa Major plus the Little Dipper or Ursa Minor over the Viking Hall at the Lofotr Viking Museum in the Lofoten Islands, Norway on an unusally clear night, but alas with no aurora. Illumination is from moonlight and the sidewalk lights along the pathnways there. In Viking skylore, the Big Dipper was Karlwagn, the Men’s Chariot. The Little Dipper was Kvennavagn, the Woman's chariot.<br /> <br /> The Lofotr Viking Museum (Lofotr Vikingmuseum) is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in the municipality of Vestvågøy.<br /> <br /> This is a stack of 4 x 5-second exposures with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.