13 year old granddaughter is staying at the moment and has been in and out pointing her phone at a blank black sky north and north east and catching some great pictures of the northern lights that we can't see with the naked eye.
If you're still up go give it a go now!
Magica said
Oct 11 1:25 AM, 2024
I can't see anything here sadly.
jackb said
Oct 11 1:50 AM, 2024
Magica wrote:
I can't see anything here sadly.
The idea is you photograph the black sky and see what you get... she's getting some amazing stuff!
Facing north north east but if you're surrounded by street lights might as well forget it.
-- Edited by jackb on Friday 11th of October 2024 01:51:24 AM
Magica said
Oct 11 6:14 AM, 2024
jackb wrote:
Magica wrote:
I can't see anything here sadly.
The idea is you photograph the black sky and see what you get... she's getting some amazing stuff!
Facing north north east but if you're surrounded by street lights might as well forget it.
-- Edited by jackb on Friday 11th of October 2024 01:51:24 AM
Yes my daughter did this, it's too bright here tbh.
THursday night I got a great display. Around 12.45am. Great big swathe of blood red, it was amazing and so beautiful I was jumping up and down in the back garden. I tried to photograph it but my phone camera is crap. It lasted around 15 minutes. I've never seen the Northern Lights so this was on my bucket list and I was so happy to have seen such a beautiful thing.
Digger said
Oct 12 10:35 AM, 2024
I just checked my iphone and while I thought the screen was black and I caught nothing, it actually did take an image though it does it no justice.
Lovely pics Digger and Gels, as usual, I saw nothing.
Syl said
Oct 13 6:01 PM, 2024
Recently we went on an organised trip in Tenerife, up a volcano (dormant) at night time.
It was pitch black, couldn't see a thing for a while, then when eyes became accustomed, I could see millions of stars, even without the telescopes.
I have never seen a shooting star in my life, that night I saw three.
13 year old granddaughter is staying at the moment and has been in and out pointing her phone at a blank black sky north and north east and catching some great pictures of the northern lights that we can't see with the naked eye.
If you're still up go give it a go now!
The idea is you photograph the black sky and see what you get... she's getting some amazing stuff!
Facing north north east but if you're surrounded by street lights might as well forget it.
-- Edited by jackb on Friday 11th of October 2024 01:51:24 AM
Yes my daughter did this, it's too bright here tbh.
We even saw it a bit in Dagenham
You can see the stars in this one
-- Edited by Gelico on Friday 11th of October 2024 05:19:17 PM
THursday night I got a great display. Around 12.45am. Great big swathe of blood red, it was amazing and so beautiful I was jumping up and down in the back garden. I tried to photograph it but my phone camera is crap. It lasted around 15 minutes. I've never seen the Northern Lights so this was on my bucket list and I was so happy to have seen such a beautiful thing.
I just checked my iphone and while I thought the screen was black and I caught nothing, it actually did take an image though it does it no justice.
Not the Northern Lights, but sunrise in South Texas this morning before I murdered some birds..
-- Edited by Syl on Saturday 12th of October 2024 06:34:22 PM
Lovely pics Digger and Gels, as usual, I saw nothing.
It was pitch black, couldn't see a thing for a while, then when eyes became accustomed, I could see millions of stars, even without the telescopes.
I have never seen a shooting star in my life, that night I saw three.
Hoping one day I will see the Aurora Borealis.