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Too much cloud. Also the moon is too bright just now so your chances of seeing much are zip. You need darkness and clear skies or it's not worth trekking out.
It's also hit or miss whether you'll see any movement in the aurora. Most of the time it's just a glow in the sky. If you're lucky you'll catch it moving but I've only seen that once.
Thank you Judith, you confirmed my suspicions. I took a look at your pix over the harbour and the Aurora seem to be behind the clouds, so I guess that explains it.
The boys were quite disappointed. We are planning another little trip out this afternoon/evening, being the winter solstice today. At the moment it's forecast clear skies at sunset, so I want to try a time lapse of night falling over the hills.
I am thinking of using the D300s, Nikkor 20mm @ f4, locked manual focus, Aperture priority, Auto ISO (limited to 1600), WB: sunshine and the intervalometer set to 1 exposure every 15 seconds (4 frames per minute). That should give me a fairly smooth speeded up video.
Maybe point the D200 at the sunset... With the 18-105...
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