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Aurora Borealis interfering with ground based photometry

April 5, 2026r/astronomy

In r/astronomy, an observer reports auroras contaminating photometric measurements while monitoring targets, highlighting how space weather can degrade data quality even when the display is visually impressive.

Auroras ruining photometry
While I was observing astronomical targets, auroras were doing their best to ruin the photometric measurements.
But it was beautiful anyway.
r/astronomy
photometryobserving conditionsaurora borealis

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