Aurora Australis

[peter_4059]

We recently relocated to Southern Tasmania and I've been hoping to catch the Aurora. I received the aurora watch notification yesterday afternoon and with the clear weather I decided to break out the gear. This is one image from around midnight from our front lawn. It took me a while to remember how to use the Camera in this mode but I'm quite pleased with the result.

[h0ughy]

Oh Peter that is fantastic, so jealous. And congratulations on your new digs

[peter_4059]

Cheers Dave. New place is exceeding expectations so far.

[EpickCrom]

Fantastic image of Aurora Australis Peter!

I've always wanted to see the southern lights, they must have looked incredible :thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Thanks Joe. That's my first view of the Southern lights. Hope to see it a lot more going forward.

[Crater101]

...and envious applause from this corner. Damn fine effort that, I've never seen the Aurora Australis, but it's on the "bucket list". Bravo!

[peter_4059]

Thanks Warren. The BOM SWS was a pretty useful tool for Aurora prediction. Worth checking the site out.

https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora

[Derek Klepp]

That’s a big move Peter but we’ll worth it.A local from my area recently relocated to Cygnet.They were after the four seasons and a slower pace .
Keep posting with the Solar activity heading towards maximum should be some good skys over the coming year.
Cheers Derek

[peter_4059]

Cheers Derek. Definitely happy with the move decision and not missing the Brisbane weather or traffic.

[Sharnbrook]

Hi Peter, Interesting to see that you have moved to Tassie. I moved to Toowoomba some 8 years ago now, and I was checking the Weather Blog just a few minutes ago, to see what rain we may have coming our way, and I saw this:-
https://www.ski.com.au/xf/threads/ne-nsw-qld.85082/page-736

Look at post number 36,772, and you may possibly have seen the Meteor that is shown? It would have been a good one to catch.

All the Best for the New Year.

Mike Ford

[peter_4059]

Hi Mike. Nice to hear from you in such a long time. The move to Tassie has been a number of years in the making and we are very happy for it to be finally done. Still unpacking boxes and getting into the groove. I did spot that meteroid during the aurora however I was still messing around with camera settings so no image unfortunately.

[RobF]

Great to hear you're up well and truely getting set up in the new digs Peter. Nice pic. Must be amazing to pop outside be able to see an aurora.

[Sunfish]

Top shelf shot. Great move.

[peter_4059]

Hi Rob. New place is exceeding expectations. We keep having to remind ourselves we are not on holiday. Haven't set up any telescope gear yet as I want to get a feel for how many clear nights to expect.



Thanks Ray. No looking back here.