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  • Re: OT: massive Aurora visible this evening

    From Daryl@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 07:43:50
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth a
    look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to go
    for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    --
    Daryl

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  • From lindsay@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 15:30:46
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth
    a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to go
    for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from
    Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now up
    the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)

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  • From jonz@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:09:12
    On 21-Jan-26 3:30 PM, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth
    a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to go
    for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now up
    the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    No lights at all where i am, but *also* overcast. Been raining on and
    off for last 5 days :(


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  • From jonz@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:19:13
    On 21-Jan-26 3:30 PM, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth
    a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to go
    for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now up
    the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    You might get footage from here:
    HTTP://dunedinaurora.nz/index.php

    Lights up the whole sky when its running!..Spent a lot of
    time watching as a kid..:)


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    Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea--Massive,
    difficult to redirect, awe inspiring, entertaining and a source of mind boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it!!!!. Gene Spafford

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:16:21
    On 20/01/2026 6:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth a
    look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.

    The news said that it might be visible here in QLD - hmmm. Had a look
    anyway, clear night, but not a good view to the south, and saw nada.

    Oh well there is Alta in October.

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  • From Daryl@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 09:06:36
    On 21/1/2026 3:30 pm, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well worth
    a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to go
    for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now up
    the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)


    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had since
    mid December.

    --
    Daryl

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
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  • From Noddy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 10:15:12
    On 22/01/2026 9:06 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 21/1/2026 3:30 pm, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well
    worth a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you
    are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to
    go for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from
    Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now
    up the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)


    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had since
    mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)




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    Regards,
    Noddy.

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  • From Xeno@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 10:24:17
    On 22/1/2026 10:15 am, Noddy wrote:
    On 22/01/2026 9:06 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 21/1/2026 3:30 pm, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should
    be good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well
    worth a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you >>>>> are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to
    go for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken
    from Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight.
    i'm now up the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)


    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had since
    mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)

    Any rain at all would be welcome on a desert mesa, eh Darren?


    --
    Xeno

    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Daryl@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 11:16:43
    On 22/1/2026 10:15 am, Noddy wrote:
    On 22/01/2026 9:06 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 21/1/2026 3:30 pm, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should
    be good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well
    worth a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you >>>>> are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to
    go for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken
    from Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight.
    i'm now up the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)


    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had since
    mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)




    At least till Saturday when 39deg will dry it out again.

    --
    Daryl

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Noddy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 13:21:14
    On 22/01/2026 11:16 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 22/1/2026 10:15 am, Noddy wrote:

    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had
    since mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)




    At least till Saturday when 39deg will dry it out again.

    Fortunately we had a fair chunk of rain leading up to Summer which has replenished my water tanks. It'd been fairly dry for a while before that
    and my tanks were empty.




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    --
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    Regards,
    Noddy.

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  • From Xeno@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 14:42:15
    On 22/1/2026 1:21 pm, Noddy wrote:
    On 22/01/2026 11:16 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 22/1/2026 10:15 am, Noddy wrote:

    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had
    since mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)




    At least till Saturday when 39deg will dry it out again.

    Fortunately we had a fair chunk of rain leading up to Summer which has replenished my water tanks. It'd been fairly dry for a while before that
    and my tanks were empty.

    Empty water tanks on a sunbaked, windswept and desolate mesa? How
    utterly unsurprising!


    --
    Xeno

    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.2
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Clocky@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 13:00:23
    On 22/01/2026 10:21 am, Noddy wrote:
    On 22/01/2026 11:16 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 22/1/2026 10:15 am, Noddy wrote:

    It actually rained here last night, 2.2ml, most rain we have had
    since mid December.

    It was nice. Just enough to keep the garden happy for a while :)




    At least till Saturday when 39deg will dry it out again.

    Fortunately we had a fair chunk of rain leading up to Summer which has replenished my water tanks. It'd been fairly dry for a while before that
    and my tanks were empty.






    You've been running on empty your whole miserable life.


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  • From Noddy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 18:32:44
    On 22/01/2026 4:00 pm, Clocky wrote:
    On 22/01/2026 10:21 am, Noddy wrote:

    You've been running on empty your whole miserable life.

    Says the man who's too shit scared to tell anyone how old he is :)


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    Regards,
    Noddy.

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  • From lindsay@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 13:26:04
    On 21/01/2026 4:19 pm, jonz wrote:
    On 21-Jan-26 3:30 PM, lindsay wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 7:43 am, Daryl wrote:
    On 20/1/2026 7:07 pm, lindsay wrote:
    ... and probably tomorrow evening as well.

    Here in Melbourne, no cloud, new moon, no smoke as such... Should be
    good. Its "probably" easily seen as far north as Brisbane. Well
    worth a look if you have clear skies to the south of where ever you
    are.


    I have good views to the north and west but not good to the south so
    I've not managed to see any Aurora from here, sounds like I need to
    go for a drive somewhere so I can see it.
    Thanks for the heads up.

    ˙˙street lights ruined it for me last nite. some great pics taken from
    Colac, and mornington Peninsular... may go off again tonight. i'm now
    up the block and yep, it's overcast... :-)

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    You might get footage from here:
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ HTTP://dunedinaurora.nz/index.php

    great link, Ta.>
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Lights up the whole sky when its running!..Spent a lot of
    time watching as a kid..:)

    Your whole country is beautiful, let alone whats above it. I'll never
    forget Milford Sound. Entrance shrouded in fog, ships fog horn going
    off, and then thefog cleared as if by magic, and the mountains at the
    entrance appeared. Snow (and lots of it) on the mountain peaks, in
    summer! Wouldnt mind doing the plane ride as well. THAT would be awesome.


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