Were the northern lights out last night? Yes.
Was I out last night? Also yes.
Apparently the red colour is a sign of an intense storm. That makes sense, because as I recall, the solar flare that launched this CME Earthward was a pretty powerful one.
Also, since it was dark enough for the galaxy to be faintly visible, I snapped a couple 10-image sets for later stacking. I think they turned out OK. I might need to learn what a flat frame and a bias frame is, but that’s a problem for another day.
Finally, here’s a view of how little post-processing I had to do on these photos.
Interested in prints of my photos? Let me know, and we can work something out.