martinastro
Martin Mc Kenna
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Maghera, N. Ireland
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« on: October 12, 2008, 03:30:38 am » |
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You are correct Brian about the lens flare. It was caused by the car head lights. The artefact is visible on the first two images but not on the third because the lights are going away from the camera. There does look to be an enhancement on the halo top, no doubt an UTA of some kind. Later I seen two very faint Moondogs but they were not photogenic so I let them be.
Yes, it's amazing how locally different our weather can be. Could it be something to do with your location being closer to the coast than mine?. Maybe temp, moisture difference?. It was a constant changing affair here. After sunset there was hazy cloud. This took some time to drfit eastward followed by a lovely clearance. High level cirrus gathered in the southern dome of the sky and stayed over the Moon producing those atmospheric optics for an hour or so. At the same time the N, NE, NW, and W sky was clear for aurora watching. It was bitterly cold with patchy low fog. At mightnight numerous cumulus filled in then at 03.00 it was completely clear. The Moon will be setting very shortly as I write this so I'm going back out for another session. There's an air frost here now. Good luck if you guys are out observing before dawn.
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