Updated November 10, 2004

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During the 1st week of November 2004, the sun emitted exceptional amounts of solar particles which provided us with a pretty good aurora on the night of November 7 thru the morning of November 8. CVAS member Steve Fishman took the following photographs from the Cleveland Metroparks Jackson Road Field on the morning of November 8 using a digital camera.  Exposures ranged from 10 to 15 seconds at f ratios ranging from f/2.8-4 and ASA ranges from 160-320.
The pictures were slightly enhanced with PC software to brighten the images and intensify the color.  The orange color
is light pollution (street lights) that is reflecting off clouds.

A ton of information about the nature of the northern lights including auroral predictions can be obtained from the following web sites:

The Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
Spaceweather This site has a lot of good photographs from around the country.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an excellent site to monitor current solar and geomagnetic conditions.

November 8, 2004 Aurora. A panorama of 2 pictures taken at 2:18 AM Eastern Standard time

November 8, 2004 Aurora. A panorama of 2 pictures taken at 2:31 AM Eastern Standard time.

November 10, 2004 Aurora. It happened again early Wednesday morning. This was taken at 2:02 AM Eastern Standard time from the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field

November 10, 2004 Aurora. And, this one was taken at 2:19 AM Eastern Standard.