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Taken from Central NY with a Nikon Z5ii and a relatively cheap and slow(f16) 1000mm lens, along with a star tracker to compensate for earths rotation. It is 500 images stacked in Autostakkert and lightly processed in Siril and Lightroom

Time for another picture

On the night of May 15th 2026 at 11:39pm, I was lucky enough to capture the International Space Station appearing to fly right through the aurora. The other streaks are other various satellites. Taken in Central NY using a Nikon Z5ii. 15 second exposure, f4.5, and 3200 ISO

I captured three substorms during this auroral display but this one at 10:40pm was easily the strongest. The event was triggered by a small, negative polarity coronal hole, and the mostly southward Bz was likely enhanced by the Russell-McPherron effect, helping push the aurora farther south than expected, especially during substorms. Captured using a Nikon Z5ii and a 24-50mm Nikkor lens

I took a few photos downtown the other night and this is by far my favorite one that I captured. Nikon Z5ii, f7.1, iso 320, and 4 second exposure