More Sun Activity

Merry Christmas to all

The sun for Christmas full of sunspot presents and it looks like this cycle will be a lot better than expected

What do lots of sunspots mean, well more Aurora activity. Now all we have to do is get rid of the cloud

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airglow and milky way from Shetland

Although we had a weak Aurora it was good to get out in the dark to photograph air glow and the Milky Way

 

Solar Storm hits

 A Solar Flare was directed towards the earth yesterday and everyone was geared up for a big Aurora

But as we all know it never works out as you think. this one has slow solar wind and didn't arrive until the early hour of today

Around 5.30  the colours were fantastic and a couple of early risers managed some photos, i was still in bed so missed it

Tuesday night arrived but very little activity and a lot of cloud. Although it could just be seen through the cloud it was not spectacular as some people expected.

That's solar weather for you, just the same as our weather and predictions are just that. All the newspapers had us down for major Aurora but failed to take into account the cloud

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Some green showing for a powerful Aurora, pity the cloud covered it

All these photos taken down at Sandsaye, in Sandwick

Aurora- When will we see you again

 When will we see you again. Seems a long time we had a good Aurora, well a few weeks ago

Cloud, cloud and more cloud has been present and this has put a stop to seeing the Aurora even though its been showing in other areas of Scotland

With activity increasing we should see more Aurora action these coming months and years.

This Aurora at Tingwall is a great example of what we can see when its clear, i even had an otter coming out on the jetty i was stood on, dont know who was more surprised

My Aurora book `Shetland Aurora Hunter' has completely sold out so thanks to the 400 people who bought the book and for the great comments

It was also good to find out that my Night Sky Photography course is also fully booked

The Moon

 The Moon is approx 273,000 miles away and makes a good target for any astrophotographers without a telescope

These images were taken with an 800mm telephoto lens and cropped

I thought i would colour the moon, which do you like best the one above or below?

You can even capture the moon with a wide angle lens, you just need a landscape. This one at Scatness in Shetland

reflection of the moon at Spiggie