Shetland Night Sky

We have been waiting ages for a part clear sky and you have to make the most of any opportunity

I headed down to Sandsayre, just a few mins away from where we live. A good amount of stars showed including Orion above Sandlodge

Sandlodge

Leebitton

I then headed across to the west and St Ninian's where it was nice and dark as the moon hadn't come up yet

Besides a brilliant Milky Way, lots of airglow showed. This often confuses people as they record green on their came(This cannot be seen with the naked eye) and think it is the aurora. As only a very weak aurora was visible and this was looking south it is a good indication of airglow which is red and green

The best seat in Shetland for watching the aurora

 For people asking about the Night Sky Photography course i run in Lerwick, this is now full- only took 3 days and always a popular course.

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A bit of Green- Shetland

A bit of a strange day yesterday. The day was very windy with heavy rain but the evening turned out still and part clear skies, then very cold with icy roads

An early Yellow Alert before 6pm made me scramble to see whether any stars showed and yes a few did

So off I went down to Sandsayre where nothing showed at first. after about 10mins some green popped through , off to the west

It continued to grow and with a bit more broken sky showed even more, for another 5 mins

It then disappeared and didn't show again until about 23hrs, again behind cloud. If you want to see more join Shetland Aurora Hunter on face book