True but that doesn't help our friends in New Zealand.
At 07:53 AM 8/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>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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