Aurora Borealis Two Nights
Taken by James MacAlpine on February 3, 2022 @
Central Upper Michigan
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No spectacular aurora images were made here, north of lat. 46°N and within an hour of several spots on the south shore of Lake Superior, but other conditions combined with slight chances of good solar winds made the best odds for viewing in several years. Results were seen in faint glowing and dancing lights particularly near the horizon, and some images were captured showing structure and faint colors of green, red, and blue.
03 Feb 2022: GIF of images from 0300 to 0430 EDT with peak aurora glow at approx. 0345, which coincided with "Kp5 Storm" update shown on Spaceweather.com Current Conditions.
Outdoor temperature ranged from 3°F to -4°F, and the glowing seen low over treetops with naked eye was suspected to be either moist-air haze, or possibly faint aurora glow. It turned out to be both.
04 Feb 2022: GIF of images from 0000 to 0600 EDT with aurora glow especially after 0500, which coincided with a sharp uptick in solar wind shown on Spaceweather.com Current Conditions, but a wall of haze or clouds finally pushed in at 0600, ending the view of lights.
Skies were clearer with higher pressure and less moisture especially before 0330 EDT, but less aurora glowing than yesterday. Outdoor temperature ranged from 3°F to -15°F. I also counted five meteors, one of which can be seen near the end of the gif clip at almost due north but just west of Cassiopeia.
Note Polaris (in Ursa Minor) at top dead center of all frames, with constellations Cassiopeia and others swinging below. Though the predictions for February 3rd storms had fizzled, factors such as high barometric pressure with clearing skies and near new moon darkness promised relatively decent winter stargazing.
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