You Won't Believe This Aurora Borealis Over Switzerland | 4K 360° Timelapse
Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Northern Lights like never before! Captured in stunning 4K resolution with a 360-degree view, this timelapse showcases the rare aurora bor...
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Interesting. As a camera guy rather than astrophotographer (looking for more information is the reason I've found your channel) I usually set my white balance to around 3400k. This pulls the image back from over saturation and brown skies. Also, I'm a bit spoiled by geography. I live in Yukon, Canada, where I see Aurora all winter so I experiment frequently. Linked is a timelapse from October 2024 set with an old iOptron SkyTracker, Canon 6d and a 14mm Samyang. Truth be told; I set the rig in my back yard and went back to bed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFOqN-Xw4wI . What I'm looking for is guidance into the astro world. Software and stacking vs different gear? Largest lens I own is a 400mm that I can attach a crop 7D or a mega pixel 5Dsr. Software is all current and my skills are alright. Looking to take night skies a step further toward nebula etc. with physical prints in the 430x560mm range. Suggestions/recommendations? Thank you.
it sounds like you're already set to start out with your star tracker and your camera. Keep in mind that the longer focal length you have the more you will struggle with a small star tracker. Also, many deep sky objects are much longer than you would expect - especially the starter ones! MW season is coming up and the summer Milky Way is full of huge regions. I honestly don't think you'd need a 400mm on a crop sensor. If you have something around 200-250mm that will already give you a lot of targets to work with. Ideally a fast-ish lens would be good. If your camera is not astro modified you'll need a bit more time than with a dedicated camera to pick up on the red colors, but you'll be just fine!
@the_space_koala My milky way season is kind of limited due to latitude... night skies take a couple months vacation during the summer. My fast-ish lenses are all f2.8 L kind of stuff for photography. Curiosity ... I have an old (really old 12MP) Rebel XSI that only gets out when I loan it to someone wanting to learn photography. Would this be a suitable candidate for conversion to night skies? 12MP is very small in my world but if it works I am not opposed to bringing that camera back into service. I understand the conversion is something about a sensor filter so the work would be sent out but not if the sensor can't produce good images. I genuinely appreciate your replies and input. Thank you.
yes what I meant by MW season is then the MW is up is when we see all the nebulas that are within. You may not have a good view of the MW core at your latitude (TBH neither do I) but you have a great view of all the Northern parts. Cepheus, Cassiopeia and even Cygnus are great regions for you and full of larger targets you could easily shoot with a slightly longer lens. I think your Canon could be a great option to potentially astro modify especially if you don't use it for daytime photography anymore.
Jeeez Ms. ....the aurora is beautiful......I don't get to see that in southern california.....great job
It is indeed a rare sight in Switzerland too!
Nice. What device did you film this with? And was this a live recording or a time-lapse?
It was an Insta360 camera, it was continuously taking 10-second images, and therefore I'd consider it a time lapse
Ah yes, it was absolutely a time-lapse. I have the Insta360 One RS 1-inch 360 editon, so I was wondeirng if I could capture the Aurora just like you did. And it probably can. Thanks for the reply 👍
Great video!
Thanks!
That was absolutely amazing! I was in the Swiss Jura at the time…
wow, so beautiful
Thank you! 😊
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