I just wanted to add that you can also see the Aurora Australis from the
Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia. They go well further to the South than
NZ.
Hernan Mouro.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: Pic of last night's aurora.
> You are slightly South as far as I can tell of Kangaroo Island in South
> Australia
> from which the Auroras are occasionally visible, (Never been there just
> looked it up).
> You need a good combination of a clear night and a solar storm. It
doesn't
> happen often
> but we can occasionally see them as far South as Southern New England in
> the Northern
> Hemisphere. I can't remember the exact latitude here but I know it's
South
> of 54.40 N. Don't
> ask me why I know it's a long story.
>
>
> At 06:51 PM 8/20/2001 +1200, you wrote:
> >Peter Alling writes:
> >
> > > Jody, You shouldn't have to leave NZ
> > > Aurora Australis (the Southern Lights), should be visible from
> > > the Southernmost parts of New Zealand. Possibly even Christchurch.
> >
> > I wish. We're 43 degrees S (what's the generally accepted "cutoff" for
> > aurora
> >visibility?), and there's too much light pollution anyway.
> >
> > I travelled to Tekapo earlier this year, which is one of the clearest
> > places in
> >the Southern hemisphere. Didn't see any auroras (I was about a week
late)
> >but just seeing so many stars was an incredible experience for a city-boy
> >like
> >me.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >
> >- Dave
> >
> >David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
> >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
> >
> >"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
> > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield
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