Aurora Observation by Vancanneyt Sander on Friday, 17 February 2017 around 23:38 UTC

Summary

ObserverVancanneyt Sander
LocationKurravaara, Sweden High latitude
Coordinates67° 56' 44" N / 20° 21' 23" E
TimeFriday, 17 February 2017 at 23:38 UTC
Duration1 hours
Aurora visibilityAll-sky auroras
Aurora brightnessVery bright aurora
Aurora formsArc Band Rays Veil
Aurora ColorsGreen Red Purple
Aurora conditions Kp4o Hp30: 4o Dst -22nT

Story

What started with a nice aurora arcs on the sky suddenly exploded over the whole sky that you didn't know where to look first, at a moment it moved so fast and got so bright that it was the most amazing aurora display i've ever seen with even purple colors growing below the green/white curtains when it moved so fast. Really spectacular display. The only downside was that i didn't really had time to check my focussing so the pictures are a bit out of focus, but hey it was my first steps into aurora photography...

Oh yeah, this was deep solar minimum, who says that you need solar max for some amazing aurora?

Image information

Image made by Vancanneyt Sander
Time
2017-02-18 00:57
Taken with:
Canon Canon EOS 60D
Lens:
17-50mm
Focal Length
17mm
Exposure Time
2 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8
ISO Speed
1250
Edited with
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 15.0.1 (Macintosh)
Image made by Vancanneyt Sander
Time
2017-02-18 00:38
Taken with:
Canon Canon EOS 60D
Lens:
17-50mm
Focal Length
17mm
Exposure Time
20 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8
ISO Speed
1250
Edited with
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 15.0.1 (Macintosh)
Image made by Vancanneyt Sander
Time
2017-02-18 00:57
Taken with:
Canon Canon EOS 60D
Lens:
17-50mm
Focal Length
17mm
Exposure Time
1 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8
ISO Speed
1250
Edited with
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 15.0.1 (Macintosh)
Image made by Vancanneyt Sander
Time
2017-02-18 00:52
Taken with:
Canon Canon EOS 60D
Lens:
17-50mm
Focal Length
17mm
Exposure Time
5 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8
ISO Speed
1250
Edited with
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 15.0.1 (Macintosh)
Image copyright: Vancanneyt Sander

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