Tamworth Regional Astronomy Club: What is an Aurora?

By Warwick Schofield, Garry and Merrie Bott
Updated February 20 2018 - 10:15am, first published 10:00am
This image was taken at Waipapa Point, near Invercargill, New Zealand on May 28 2017. Photos by Garry Bott.
This image was taken at Waipapa Point, near Invercargill, New Zealand on May 28 2017. Photos by Garry Bott.

In 1989, I was excited to see the Aurora Australis from my farm, North of Moonbi, NSW.  It was 2.30am and I was checking levels from the top of a water tank having just driven back from a meeting in Sydney.  In the Southern sky, at about 25 degrees elevation I saw a pink glow.

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