ASTRONOMY PAGE 15

The Great Auroral Storm - 20/21 Nov 03.

This storm was caused by a coronal mass ejection from sunspot 484, which was negitive when it hit. It also occured on one of the clearest nights of the month.The result was a teriffic display of the northern lights which was visible as far south as the Meditaranian sea.

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Looking west over my croft towards Knock Hill, with a brilliant mass of reds & some yellow. Altair in Aquila is the bright star on the left.

Now looking south of Knoch Hill,the yellows are very strong. I used between 10 & 15 secs exposure and ISO 400 film.

Looking southeast, the reds are climbing strongly towards the corona.

The rays are almost at the corona, at top of picture, with some purples starting to showing.

The corona its self, with a bit of a battle between red and green.The Andromeda galaxy is right of centre.

The corona seemed to be a battle ground between reds & greens, but always looking spectacular.

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