Auroras
Taken by Chad Blakley on November 11, 2016 @ Abisko National Park, Sweden
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Date Taken: 2016:11:11 23:04:01
 
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Another great night in Abisko! Massive auroras and an unidentified object are dancing in the sky above Abisko National Park right now! Our group of eight lucky aurora watchers were out in the National Park enjoying a fantastic aurora display this evening when something very odd appeared in the sky. At around 10:40 PM local time I received a text message from Lights Over Lapland guide Oliver Wright informing me that he had just seen and photographed something spectacular, that he could not easily recognise. I immediately checked our webcam and I was blown away by what I saw – a crescent shaped beam of light, with what appears to be some sort of a flowing, cloud like tail. At first I thought the object was lens flare produced by the bright Moon, but the object has moved from one area of the sky to another in four sequential photographs captured over a 20 minute timeframe. Seeing this incredible phenomenon share the sky with a powerful corona must have truly been a once in a lifetime event for our guests. You can see all of the frames from the sequence on our live webcam here: http://lightsoverlapland.com/webcams/ Can anyone help us understand exactly what we saw in the sky tonight?
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http://www.lightsoverlapland.com
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I also saw that bright slow cloud from Umeå, if you find out what it is please let us know!
Posted by Bobby 2016-11-11 17:26:03
That is the Centaur AV-062 rocket stage heading out into solar orbit after dropping off the Worldview-4 imaging satellite in low polar orbit.
It completed its rocket burn at 2120 GMT and vented remaining propellant
in a big cloud by about 2154 GMT
Posted by planet4589 2016-11-11 18:16:46
 
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