There was a brief instance of auroral activity on April 21. Not easily seen or photographed because of a bright sky. Interestingly, the contrail like phenomenon STEVE was observed from about UTC 21.02 to 21.34.
STEVE over the mountain. The faint mauve color was captured by an allsky camera (AMS135). Taken at the same time as the DSLR photos below.
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the bright western sky on April 5, 2024. Details: Canon 800D, Sigma 50-500 mm lens. I’ve been following the comet for several months, and this is most likely the last image I will take of the comet.
Colorful auroras on the evening of April 5th/6th 2024. Photo details: Canon 650D, Samyang 8 mm lens.
Colorful aurora borealis in the northern sky, and in-between clouds.
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on the evening of April 1, 2024. The sky is getting brighter as the summer is closing in. Got a few shots before the comet went behind the mountain side. Details: Canon 800D, Sigma 50-500 mm. Mount: Unitec Swat-200.
Auroras in the northern sky.
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in a moonlit sky over the mountainside. Details: Sigma 50-500 mm lens, Canon 250D.
Cloudy, bright moon, and bright auroras in between. A few of images from March 23, 2024. Details: Canon 800D, Meka fisheye-lens.
Beautiful and colorful (but brief) display of the northern lights. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is also a nice target for the camera. Photo details: Canon 650D/800D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens/Sigma 50-500 mm lens. Mount: Unitec Swat-200.
Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks. Photographed from Ørsta, Norway on March 8, 2024. Photographed through a Sigma 50-500 mm lens, Canon 800D, Unitec-200 mount.
The Northern lights over the valley on March 8, 2024. (Ørsta, Norway). Canon 650D, 8 mm fisheye-lens.
Beautiful auroral activity on March 4/5, 2024. There was an intense, and brief, spiral in front of the aurora at am 02.00 (local time) on March 05, 2024. Just above the mountain. It turned out to be a Falcon-9 rocket (2nd-stage) from SpaceX. A fireball was also captured during the observation run. Please, find times notated on the images. Photo details: Canon 650D, 8 mm fisheye-lens
SpaceX spiral.
Images below are screen-shots from an allsky camera (AMS135). Inverted versions
A bright meteor (fireball) lit up the sky at UTC 22:36 on 2 January 2024. The image shows the fireball over the Sunnmøre Alps, Ørsta. As for the predicted aurora, it was only a mild display. Please, find timestamp on images. Photo details: Canon 650D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens.
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