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Old 12-03-2011, 09:49 PM
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Well done Russ, you certainly captured Aurora!

It shows best in the first two images. Gets a bit washed out in the third but its still there

For anyone that says its just glow from the cityscape, look to the right hand side and you'll see the faint vertical shafts. Then you'll notice them almost all the way across

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Originally Posted by MrB View Post
Nice!
How does one get advanced warning of these events?
Spaceweather is a good source: http://www.spaceweather.com/
and look at the Southern Hemisphere/Antarctica maps.

and here is the current map showing that Melbourne (and me up here) have a bit of a chance of seeing the edge of the Aurora tonight:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/gif/pmapS.gif
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