Events in the Night Sky http://nightskyevents.com/blog Photography by Stan Richard - aurora borealis (northern lights), night sky, landscape, moon, planets, weather Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Aurora last evening http://nightskyevents.com/blog/2011/10/25/aurora-last-evening/ http://nightskyevents.com/blog/2011/10/25/aurora-last-evening/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:20 +0000 Administrator http://nightskyevents.com/blog/?p=68 Aurora Borealis

Unfortunately I missed the northern lights display here in central Iowa last evening, but I decided to go out anyway and grab a few photos to see what the camera could see. Here’s a photo of the red afterglow, also notice green aurora near horizon. Oh well, next time!

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]]> http://nightskyevents.com/blog/2011/05/10/morning-planets-show/feed/ 1 Eta Carinae by Robert Gendler http://nightskyevents.com/blog/2011/04/18/eta-carinae-by-robert-gendler/ http://nightskyevents.com/blog/2011/04/18/eta-carinae-by-robert-gendler/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:16:03 +0000 Administrator http://nightskyevents.com/blog/?p=63 Robert Gendler and his colleagues have produced an incredible image of the Eta Carinae region, from his observatory in Australia. Check it out at this link.

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In The Land Of The Northern Lights from Ole Christian Salomonsen on Vimeo.

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