March 30, 2001 Great Aurora, seen all over North America Taken from home in southern Alberta, Canada 18mm Nikkor lens at f/2.8 Ektachrome E200 slide film about 40s second exposure looking west and straight up #32 thru 35 taken in quick succession. Castor and Pollux above house. Quarter Moon was low in west just behind house kept out of the field. Foreground brightened slightly. Number in file name is frame number on roll in order taken thru the display. Numbers higher than 36 = frame on second roll taken that night (i.e. 39 = #3 on second roll)
March 30, 2001 Great Aurora, seen all over North America Taken from home in southern Alberta, Canada 28mm Nikkor lens at f/2.8 Ektachrome E200 slide film about 40s second exposure looking southeast, moonlight lighting landscape Arcturus in frame Minimal color correction/enhancement. Number in file name is frame number on roll in order taken thru the display. Numbers higher than 36 = frame on second roll taken that night (i.e. 39 = #3 on second roll)
Composite image digitally created in Photoshop of images taken during October 27, 2004 total lunar eclipse, from Alberta Canada. Images taken through 5-inch apo refractor at f/6 with Canon Digital Rebel camera at ISO 200. Eclipse progresses in time through shadow from right to left. Exposures: #1: 1/320s; #2: 1/10s; #3 mid-totality: 8s, #4: 1/4s; #5: 1/640s. Scope at lunar drive rate. 5-image version is composite of #685 (mid @ 9:04pm) + #586 @ 7:21pm, #635 @8:14 + #742 @ 9:57pm, and #790 @ 10:49 pm. 3-image version is: Composite of #0624 @ 8:02pm, #0685 (mid @ 9:04) and #0751 @ 10:06pm. No filtering.
