Contains:  Northern lights
Aurora Australis: 6 Nov 2023,  Reflections from Antimony Observatory, Brian Boyle

Aurora Australis: 6 Nov 2023, Reflections from Antimony Observatory

Aurora Australis: 6 Nov 2023,  Reflections from Antimony Observatory, Brian Boyle

Aurora Australis: 6 Nov 2023, Reflections from Antimony Observatory

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Inspired by all the wonderful images of the 5/6 November aurora on this site, I decided to post my own picture.  Unfortunately the aurora was subsiding by the time the skies darkened/cleared in  New Zealand on 6 November at sunset.  But the aurora was still sufficiently bright to reflect off the observatory roof  1 hour before astronomical night!

I was doing a public tour of the observatory at the time, and this is the second time in a row where such a tour has coincided with an aurora (the last being 3 weeks ago).  It is really wonderful to see visitors stunned when they can capture the colours of an aurora with their iphone.  In the future, everyone will be an astrophotographer for 15 secs.  

15sec exposure ISO 6400.

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