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Auroral Oval at Kp1 from Churchill (Feb 8, 2024).jpg

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This is a panorama of the classic arc of the auroral oval looking due north from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on a moonless night, February 8, 2024.

The Kp Index was only Kp1 this night, but in Churchill that still produces a fine display, though with not a lot of activity, motion and structure. The arc defines the auroral oval, here centred on a point due north, as from this longitude the North Geomagnetic Pole lies due geographic north. The arc shows the classic oxygen reds and greens with red in the upper portions of the curtain.

This was on the first night of the first Learning Vacations group at the CNSC for 2024, so the group was well pleased to get a showing of Northern Lights on a night when cloud and snow were forecast, but that turned out to be very clear.

Deneb and Vega are low above the trees at centre; Arcturus is at far right.

This is a panorama of 5 segments, each 20 seconds with the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw, with sky and ground masks applied to the final stitched DNG file.
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2024 Churchill Auroras, Aurora
This is a panorama of the classic arc of the auroral oval looking due north from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on a moonless night, February 8, 2024. <br /> <br /> The Kp Index was only Kp1 this night, but in Churchill that still produces a fine display, though with not a lot of activity, motion and structure. The arc defines the auroral oval, here centred on a point due north, as from this longitude the North Geomagnetic Pole lies due geographic north. The arc shows the classic oxygen reds and greens with red in the upper portions of the curtain. <br /> <br /> This was on the first night of the first Learning Vacations group at the CNSC for 2024, so the group was well pleased to get a showing of Northern Lights on a night when cloud and snow were forecast, but that turned out to be very clear. <br /> <br /> Deneb and Vega are low above the trees at centre; Arcturus is at far right. <br /> <br /> This is a panorama of 5 segments, each 20 seconds with the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw, with sky and ground masks applied to the final stitched DNG file.