A private page for all those on the 2012 Hurtigruten Astronomy Voyage on MS
Finnmarken
Please send your images to Ian Ridpath <ian @ ianridpath.com>
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Alan Lees, Little Wenlock, Shropshire
2012 November 1.
Images (1) and (2): Aurorae over Tromsø and the bridge to the mainland. Both pictures taken with 1.3 seconds exposure
at f/4.5 and 1600 ISO. Tripod-mounted Nikon D7000.
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Images (3) and (4): Aurorae over the mountains north of Tromsø. The bright star at upper centre of Image 3 is Vega. Not sure what the broken
trail is below left of centre in that same image – perhaps an aircraft. Both taken with 4 seconds exposure at f/4 and 1250 ISO.
Image (5): Full Moon rising on the evening of October 31. Exposure 1/400s,
f/5.3, 2500 ISO.
All taken with a tripod-mounted Nikon D7000.
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Bernard Rochester, Maldon, Essex
(1): Full Moon rising, October 31. Exposure 1/320s, f/5.6, 1600 ISO.
(2): Aurorae dance around the Moon on November 1. Exposure 1.3s, f/3.5, 3200
ISO.
(3): Auroral streaks on October 31. 3.2s, f/3.5, 3200 ISO.
All taken with Canon 500D on a gorillapod (a flexible, compact tripod, for the
uninitiated!).
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Einar Sem-Jacobsen of Oslo
2012 November 1
Image 1: Aurora next to full Moon between Jupiter and Aldebaran.
Images 2, 3, 4: Aurorae over the mountains north of Tromsø.
All exposures were 6 seconds at f/5.6 and 1600 ISO, apart from the final image,
which was 8 seconds. Nikon D40X.
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CiCi Collins of London
2012 November 1
Coiled aurora, with full Moon above and belt of Orion below.
Exposure 1.3 seconds at f/3.5, 3200 ISO. Canon EOS Kiss X4.
Not taken by a member of the Astronomy group, but a very nice shot worth
sharing.
CiCi writes: “It was truly a magical experience, not only the boat, lights, etc but also the
charming people that I met.” Thanks, CiCi!
For episodes of the Hurtigruten 365 TV series go to the NRK website
Episode 9 is the Big Storm. No English subtitles, unfortunately.
For the full six-day trip from Bergen to Kirkenes, live on Norwegian TV, see
