Thanks again guys
A big thanks to Grahame Kelaher for the getting the shot in the West Australian and giving it a good nudge up the Facebook highway. Owe you one mate
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Originally Posted by alexch
That's very impressive Colin! Glad you finally got a decent display of the southern lights.
I was chasing the weather but all I got was a few gaps in the clouds and rain.
Cheers,
Alex
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Sorry you got cloudy out, Alex. It's been a long chase, but well worth the effort. I've hunted on and off for 3 years, but only got serious after seeing your marvelous shots from Jan last year. Sadly I missed the good shows mid year by always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was determined that wouldn't happen this time!
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Originally Posted by Ian Cooper
Hi Colin,
good to see that you have 'the bug!' I've seen over fifty displays from my location over the past 35 years. Most of those have been during the more active Solar Sunspot Cycles (SSC's) in that period, and have included some Great Auroral Storms that have covered more than half of my sky!
The key elements that are needed for a useful aurora observation are in order; The name of your location, the geographic coordinates (Bob Evans of the Aurora & Solar Section will convert these into geo-mag coordinates later). The time from start to finish, and for any significant outbursts. The time in U.T. is preferred and is far more useful than local times. Finally any comments regarding brightness, colour and structure will be of great use. Colour photographs on their own aren't as helpful when trying to compare one display with those of the past. Film & digital cameras pick up colour that the eye doesn't, so the eyeball impression is vital. I suppose the easiest way to get times these days is from the photo details in the digital image.
With this SSC being so poor compared to the last 3 then my advice to any would be aurorae observer/photographer is to take any opportunity that arises as they will be few and far between. We may only have another year or so at best from our Geo Mag latitude Colin. Those further south will fair somewhat better.
Cheers,
Ian
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50 is an amazing statistic Ian. I will get the report and timelapse posted tomorrow night or weekend at latest. Just going through the shots to work out what happened. Being west, I missed the first 5 or so hours. I think that included the biggest displays...based on the images from Tas and what Greg got. No SAR Arcs out west, afaik.
I'll be on the lookout for the next one. I may even fly to Tas if I get 2 days notice. I would love to get a full sky shot with the Aurora covering a good patch of it and southern stars in the background.
