Aurora Australis from Perth - 9th March

[rogerg]

G'day all,

I had some great fun photographing aurora australis from the hills of Perth last night:

http://www.rogergroom.com/items/aurora_australis_march_2012_perth

The moon obviously had a huge impact, reducing the visibility of the aurora from their full potential, but it was just great to get some aurora photo's again! It's been a long time. Also a very pleasant evening to be out photographing them.

The photo doesn't show the full story really, I've had trouble stacking the images without washing out the less persistent areas of aurora with brightly moonlight sky. Flicking between the 15 exposures it's obvious there is more aurora there than easily seen in this photo but I just haven't managed to get it to jump out at you in this photo. I think some extensive masking work is required, I probably won't spend the time doing it.

A time lapse I might do, but I only have 15 exposures with the aurora, so it would make for a very short time lapse :)

Enjoy :)

Roger.

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Roger - WOW!
Thanks for sharing these southern lights!

[Shark Bait]

Very nice photography. I hope to see the Aurora Australis with my own eyes one day.

Why do we seem to get more variation in colour than the images taken of the Northern Lights?

[ballaratdragons]

Woo-hooooo, excellent Roger :thumbsup:

There's more on the way :)
See Spaceweather site.

[rogerg]

My pleasure :)



I tend to think we (at Perth's lattitude) get to see less colour variation than those in the northern hemisphere ... predomenantly pink I find, little green. Last night there was a hint of green but I think the green was more easily washed out by the moon. I think it all comes down to the brightness, but I'm no expert :)




Yes, looking forward to another crack at it tomorrow night :) Thanks :)

[ballaratdragons]

Tonight is looking good too :thumbsup:
Sky is clear, and after the Dragons NRL game finishes I'm heading up to the clubroom to set up the camera :thumbsup:

Aurora is already showing up on the graph at the bottom of NZ: http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/South.html

[bartman]

Awesome Roger,
I've been keeping an eye out but have'nt seen anything visually yet. Did you manage to see it visually?
Will need to get the camera out quick smart......cloudy tonight though...
Cheers
Bartman

[glenc]

Great image Roger :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Fantastic view Roger. Well captured.

[Deeno]

Lovely view!

[h0ughy]

great shot, something you dont see everyday

[rogerg]

Thanks everyone for your replies, glad you liked it :)

I'm still hoping for another show tonight or tomorrow night. Keeping a close eye on the numbers.

[RobF]

Has anyone on the east coast seen the aurora recently? (realise sydney or brissy is optimistic, but wondering if they've been bright lately)

[RichardJ]

Hi Roger,

Great shot. Thanks for sharing.

RichardJ

[rogerg]

I've been surprised at the lack of photo's on IIS so maybe not :shrug:. There's been a handful posted on other lists from Tassy etc but nothing higher that I can recall.

[Liz]

Grreat image, thanks Roger. :thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

Super Roger.
Well captured.

Cheers

[RobF]

Sorry Roger - should also have said what a great effort - thanks for sharing! :)

[rogerg]

That was inferred :) I prefer a discussion anyhow :)

[stardust steve]

what a stunning sight and well done capturing it:thumbsup:

[rogerg]

A quick time lapse:

http://youtu.be/3tkaSJYNGmc

I hope to redo the video with more time, as the frames are essentially raw and so the aurora could be brought out a lot more with processing of the frames.

Roger.

[ballaratdragons]

Nicely done Roger :thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Thanks:) walkways could be better though :)

[iceman]

That's great Roger. Jealous I am!