WONDERFUL AURORA DISPLAY
The link below is from the Channel 9 News App. No idea how long it will be active, so have a look while it lasts. Spectacular photos of the aurora caused by CME (Coronal Mass Ejections) from the sun. Click on the arrow on the right hand edge of the first image to bring up the others.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE AURORA?
The BOM Space Weather website is a wonderful resource for information on many subjects that affect our hobby. Propagation, satellites, and many more topics. It’s a world class education resource. The page on auroras is here:
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
The page that explains the aurora in some detail is here:
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Educational/1/1/4.
A COUPLE OF AURORA IMAGES
Here’s another great image from Jeff VK2WSR’s All-Sky Camera. Orion can be seen near the top, just left of centre and the sun’s recent CME event produced an auroral glow around the horizon.
The photo below of the recent auroral outburst was taken by Andrew Green VK2ZAG. The Youtube video explains how it was done.
The excellent Aurora images above was taken by Andrew VK2ZAG, son of Barry VK2VBG. Andrew has an impressive website displaying his photographic prowess: https://bfvmedia.com.au/ The Aurora image is under the Skywatching tab. Andrew said that the Aurora appeared as a mist on the horizon. The red colour was only apparent when photographed. Human eyesight is fairly poor at the red end, compared with yellow and green. Have a look, you will be quite impressed. Thanks to Andrew for giving approval to place it here.
The video below exlains the Solar Storm that produced the auroral displays: