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Sunset was at 7:04pm with clouds everywhere. I stepped outside at 8pm and found they had cleared enough to at least see something of the aurora. My wife joined me to take photos on her iPhone. I thought red was supposed to be a difficult color to see, and I never saw it visually, but she had no problems spotting it and telling me to "aim there!". Aiming wasn't difficult, though, with the northern half of the sky covered in red. The photos are unedited except for any annotation; all times are MDT.
#1: Aurora at its brightest. 8:06pm
... I was aimed N when my wife prodded me to point the camera NE over the neighbor's house.
... This was the only time that any structure more than a glow was noted.
#2: Panoramic view. ~8:15pm
... 4 images spliced together in Microsoft ICE.
... View extends from NW to NE.
#3: Fisheye lens pointed at the zenith. 8:29pm
... View to N. N at bottom, W left, S top, E right.
... The 1Q Moon is near the top of the circle.
... Blue tick marks mark Polaris (towards the circle's bottom).
... Green tick marks mark Sadr (gamma Cyg) at the zenith (the circle's center).
... Gray lines mark the Summer Triangle asterism with Vega (left), Deneb (right), and Altair (top).
... Note the aurora extends past the zenith to the S.
#4: Possible SAR arc? 9:45pm
... It extends in an isolated strip from the zenith to the east
... while aurora activity in the N appears to have quelled.
Photo data:
Panasonic G9, Leica 9mm very wide-angle lens, tripod
Panasonic GX8, Laowa 4mm circular fisheye lens, tripod
... wide-angle lens: (f/1.7, 4-5 sec, ISO 1600)
... fisheye lens: (f/2.8, 10 sec, ISO 1600)
... date: Oct 10, 2024 8-10pm MDT
... latitude: 37° N.
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