Head's up to Aurora watchers.

[Yukonica]

September 28, 2017: the prediction for a major storm to hit is 10 out of 10 on the scale.
Could be a good show. I'm setting a camera up in the yard and leaving it all night... we'll see what transpires.
Rodekyll, hope you have clear skies down there.

[Groover]

How far down can you see this? I'm in Ohio, central (Columbus). Any chance you think?

[rodekyll]

I'll have to 2-wheel to somewhere darker.  The trike has less than a full compliment of front end part attached right now, and the van died on my last aurora adventure.

But a 10/10 is not to be missed!

[Nic in Western NYS]

Just found this site for aurora status and forecasts:  http://www.aurora-service.org/aurora-forecast/

[rodekyll]

Cool site!

My sites indicate that last night was the biggie, unless there's a second wave tonight.  Fairbanks is optimistic.

[Yukonica]

Hope this isn't too late for others but I'm on west coast time: what I'm reading on different sites is the storm peaked at 02:00-ish this morning Eastern time. Nothing more is expected from what I see....
I'm all kitted up and nothing but stars to shoot...

[rodekyll]

I have the bike loaded and ready to roll if there's any uptick in the indicators, but right now they seem to be on a gradual decline.

[rodekyll]

Bust here.  Stayed dark until the clouds rolled in and it rained a little.  I made a stand in a north-facing field until the stars went away.  Civilized lights were a bit more than I like, so I had a graduated neutral density filter on the lens.  Didn't do any shooting though, and got back home just as the rain started, so I didn't get wet.

[Socalrob]

 Coastal fog rolled in here in Los Angeles and we could not see anything.

[Bonaventure]

Don't think the storm was strong enough to push it down to visibility in the lower 48, was it? 

[Yukonica]

Turns out it wasn't a total bust but it certainly was my error in reading the notification. (sorry to all).
I ended up with 1594 images (5 second exposure at 5 frames per second).
About 5 minutes of video for the hours 21:00 to 04:00.
Some good bursts of light but nothing in comparison to 20 hours earlier. The mistake won't happen twice.

[rodekyll]

This is another example of my theory that good lights happen when it's cloudy wherever I am.   

Since the storm was first forecast, it's been cloudy and raining for the first time in months.

Glad to hear you got some pics!  I'm envious!  Will you post some?

[Yukonica]

This is another example of my theory that good lights happen when it's cloudy wherever I am.   

Since the storm was first forecast, it's been cloudy and raining for the first time in months.

Glad to hear you got some pics!  I'm envious!  Will you post some?

I believe in your cloud/event theory too.  I am gifted a clear view more often in winter.
       Although it is much less fun standing outside watching then. 

Here are 1594 pics... I posted the time-lapse to YouTube. It is really jerky compared to native on my computer so I guess my frame rate doesn't match theirs. If you run the playback at x1.5 or x2 speed it is a little better.
I'll try again with a different codex and/or a slightly higher frame rate at my end.

For now: https://youtu.be/LAEWPpCIwzM

There are some 'Grandma's' walking at around minute 1:30, minute 3:30 to 4 is alright too. And for anyone curious how bright aurora can get... there is a direct hit at minute 1:22.