Poollichtwaarneming door Isiah Waybright op dinsdag 20 januari 2026 rond 23:36 UTC

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The night before this sighting was unsuccessful because I didn’t fully understand how to track the Bz component or solar wind data. After studying space weather conditions more carefully the next day, I monitored the data closely and waited for favorable conditions. Eventually, I noticed a faint reddish-pink glow in the sky that slowly intensified. The aurora appeared as a broad arc with occasional vertical ray structure. It gradually brightened, reached a peak where the  color was clearly visible to the naked eye, and then slowly faded back into a diffuse glow before disappearing.

I captured the aurora using a DSLR camera mounted on a tripod with long-exposure settings to bring out the color and structure. In post-processing, I made basic adjustments in Lightroom, including slight exposure correction, contrast enhancement, noise reduction, and minor color balancing to accurately reflect what was visible to the eye. No major compositing or artificial enhancements were made.

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