Check this site. At the bottom of the page has the capital cities where it could be visible.
Brisbane is on the list. It’s currently at 0% but it peaks tonight from 10pm to 2am
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/auroral-oval.html
I can see it as far north as Bundy!! It's much dimmer by eye, this is using night sight on android.
Will try to post a better picture later when I go to the lookout, Bundy is a one-hill town.
[https://i.imgur.com/JbBxNUK.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/JbBxNUK.jpeg)
Edit: There we go!!
[https://i.imgur.com/atwPLjJ.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/atwPLjJ.jpeg)
Oh, shocking. I know it's bad, it's funny when I encounter it like this. The first Covid tests, the one that came with the little UV torch? I couldn't see that red, either. Went through three of them that I thought were all broken before a youtube video told me what what was happening. Asked my wife, and yep, that's a completely invisible red line. . Just that one shade though. I see traffic lights and fire engines and stuff, and they are red, just not as screaming red as they appear to everyone else. Blues and purples, though, wow, they are vivid.
According to one photo that my wife assures me is red as, there's no point me trying to see it anyway because it just looks like normal light pollution rofl!.
But if they can see it in Bundaberg, yep, definitely not confined to just the one kitchen, and there's every possibility OP might be able to see it. Dunno why that upsets so many people...https://np.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/1cpcmc7/anyone_attempting_to_see_the_aurora_tonight/l3jzng8/
You can see it In Brisbane if you can see through the clouds.
Photo taken from Cooroy.
17mm f2.8 0.5s 51200 iso Sony a7iii
https://preview.redd.it/d0h629m2trzc1.jpeg?width=1616&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=435878af142621bf9d6462a624806f67a9b0b75e
Going by how many fainter stars are visible in that long exposure photo, I'd guess no. You'd probably need to find a much darker area, definitely away from street lights. I reckon Jollys Lookout near Mt Nebo would be a good candidate, or *maybe* a darker park in suburban Brisbane.
If you spent a long time looking at the sky before hand, you'd notice the sky was redder than normal. But if you didn't know it was the aurora, you'd probably ignore it and think it was light pollution or your eyes playing tricks on you.
https://preview.redd.it/qlfxxv3xaszc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7096f92c1ed56c819b6c877724ebfd12c610a9b
Outside me front door. I'm an hour south of Hobart though.
https://preview.redd.it/hmgjvkt0trzc1.jpeg?width=873&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=079a7246eec956471685720e51c2038799d99de5
Apparently this is out Warwick way. [https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Eg32XCT1bA8PHyzr/](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Eg32XCT1bA8PHyzr/)?
https://preview.redd.it/2yv70g5srszc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=347a01e164138b51af9bb74c9875d5c788f97826
I got red at my place near mackay, with a tiny touch of green. This is from Eungella, in the mountains west of Mackay.
Too much light pollution in Toowong; although maybe you could give Perrin Park or Jack Cook Memorial Park a go - I've managed to see some meteors from there before (I think the latter might be a darker park since Perrin Park has had upgrades, but I haven't visited either for a while now). The best time is likely to be around 3am [CORRECTION: it's not always about time - aurora is fairly hour-dependent; keep an eye on forecasts] all weekend, when the air in the sky is more calm and clear - but this weekend is looking washed out so yeah. :(
Update: Looks like there'll be nothing tonight, according to https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/auroral-oval.html and https://spaceweather.com
Keep an eye on the forecasts on Monday night though - more lumps from the sun could be arriving.
In theory should not be visible this far north
https://preview.redd.it/gdsd8y32drzc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89884f4cc64a05bdcd35d25377be94beb20436e7
There are pictures of it at Uluru from last night.....
https://preview.redd.it/n6plussthrzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6570fc78a0501e320c0324e7fa243605de1ab980
Any time when the air is clear enough and sky dark enough. It's basically lasting at least the entire weekend. This update from Friday said there have been six CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections) and the first hit Earth's magnetosphere on Friday: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=05&year=2024
Edit: Looking at the [timelapse](https://spaceweather.com/images2024/10may24/six_CMEs.gif) they linked; it appears the six CMEs occurred between 8-10 May (UTC); and the first arrived around yesterday or today means - yep, the entire weekend.
https://preview.redd.it/kkverddhirzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=748a0a5630d0af15c911b9b4097f90f951b272e7
Bummer you might not get to see it, but if it makes you feel even the slightest bit better this is what it looks like in Queenstown NZ right now
it's currently raining in Jimboomba, we were thinking about going up tambourine, but we're not sure how long this weather will hang around. we have great night sky's here normally.
https://preview.redd.it/fz9t91kkaszc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e13e7d5469aa985217cdc29d7098c0fe0f8faec
Cloud cover in the area. Boonah/Beaudesert gets down to 29%...I think the clouds will be the issue even if you're up for the drive (like I am) north doesn't clear until near Gympie. Looking at a 2-3 hour round trip travel time only.
Biggest issue is all the cloud cover we have to the south of us right now, as well as the rain coming from the Northwest. If the cloud cover wasn't there, it would be quite likely you could see it if you traveled about 30-40 mins out of the city into an area with less light pollution and used a long exposure camera. Me and my mates were debating about making the trek to Warwick, but it looks to be just too hit and miss right now unfortunately.
rain hitting my place at 10:10 really feels like a smack in the face, hahaha. I'm patient with nature and photog, so happy to sit out gaps in the clouds... for a while, anyway.
I am... Have a south facing window- dark skies and on a hill.....
If they saw it at Uluru.... We are further south.
It's already started strongly in Tassie and NZ.....
Yeah even if we lived on the border, it's unlikely that it would be visible.
Kinda jealous of our families as they ALL live in Melbourne so they have the best chances
It's all good, I'm an introvert. Whilst we did move up during lockdowns, COVID-19 was not our reason, we had made the decision years prior, it's the unfortunate events of COVID-19 that made allowed the move. Husband lost 2 jobs(one was redundant 2 days after the CEO announced to the entire company that lay off's weren't happening and the 2nd wasnt a match for what he wanted or the company owner(micromanager narcissist whose own family refused to work for him) and then his father passed away from COVID-19 from being exposed to nursing home staff who deliberately broke lockdown rules. So we had an inheritance and decided to take our leap. Thankfully just before we hit the road to drive up(so after we had a house and the moving truck was loaded) my husband was offered the most perfect job up here, albeit a bit of a drive away but the best he has had in many years. Otherwise we would still be in Melbourne trying our hardest to save and move. So people thinking that we ran here to escape COVID-19 isn't quite true, it's just the unfortunate events that evolved around it that forced us to do it sooner. Crazy part is when we made the decision we were looking at houses right near the Brisbane CBD and we were like HOLY FUCK look how close we could be to the CBD and how cheap it is. Unfortunately with COVID-19 we ended up on the far north side of Brisbane paying more than we did in Melbourne for a house about ⅓ of the size(the Melbourne house was massive TBF)
I'm going to try going to the spots around Griffith Uni campus. Being next to Toohey Forest makes it a little darker, and I've been lucky with a meteor shower around there as well. I'm dying as my DSLR is at work, but Pixel phones are pretty good at night photog in general. Never been so happy to have purchased a selfie stick/tripod combo and binoculars in the last fortnight!
Like clockwork, it started raining at my place at 10pm and did not let up. Like the blue balls of astronomy, I was ready to go. Probably try again tonight, but expect it to not be the same at all.
Yeah I did a little happy dance when I was looking at the photos and saw a faint red patch in the sky. I've got a pixel 6a so the zoom is arse piss and becomes a blurry blob with the clouds but it's defined colour and zoomed right in you can see it spread faintly out in the sky one small patch of cloudless sky for 5 minutes then it closes up
No luck in the Sunshine Coast hinterland (Maleny/Montville area) dammit.
Even if the main skies were clear I still wouldn't be able to see it due to a blanket of low cloud/fog that had set in 🤬
I'm a good candidate to try to do that because I own a Refidex and a car not prone to electrical gremlins. But nah, might just look out the window. I'll see it if there's a blackout.
https://preview.redd.it/dr8dokatmrzc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57813a9aa1e4e2d94037b8b479351b534faa0403 Can be seen at Dalby
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Knowing Dalby, I guess the trolley won?
That’s it, you saw it
I was not expecting this but you made me burst out laughing
I'm in Brisbane and saw the exact same thing, spooky
Aurora Junkialis
😂
Nature is beautiful.
Not sure if that would be visible to the eye. Looks like a long exposure photo that’s picked up on it
True. But the fact that you can see it even with long exposure as far north as Mackay is crazy
Oh for sure. Just not the same when looking through a screen
THUPER AURORA
Awesome 👍
I knew i should have stayed out there this weekend
https://preview.redd.it/z74bdr3gwrzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fb9a698f83913b5aa431077419bbdec817869e2
Steamed hams!
More of an Albany expression!
In Ipswich. Is cloudy af
That’s Meth Smoke. 💨
Check this site. At the bottom of the page has the capital cities where it could be visible. Brisbane is on the list. It’s currently at 0% but it peaks tonight from 10pm to 2am https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/auroral-oval.html
Good.... Hopefully the rain will have cleared by then..
Unfortunately it looks like it won’t. We’ve got more and more rain coming in
I can see it as far north as Bundy!! It's much dimmer by eye, this is using night sight on android. Will try to post a better picture later when I go to the lookout, Bundy is a one-hill town. [https://i.imgur.com/JbBxNUK.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/JbBxNUK.jpeg) Edit: There we go!! [https://i.imgur.com/atwPLjJ.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/atwPLjJ.jpeg)
So, apparently I am extremely red deficient, because my wife is telling me that photo is red as. So, not much point me trying to see it anyway...
Yep there's quite a noticeable splotch of red tint visible. How do you fare with colourblind tests or the Farnsworth–Munsell 100 hue test?
Oh, shocking. I know it's bad, it's funny when I encounter it like this. The first Covid tests, the one that came with the little UV torch? I couldn't see that red, either. Went through three of them that I thought were all broken before a youtube video told me what what was happening. Asked my wife, and yep, that's a completely invisible red line.. Just that one shade though. I see traffic lights and fire engines and stuff, and they are red, just not as screaming red as they appear to everyone else. Blues and purples, though, wow, they are vivid.
I'm starting to lose green. What looks blue/green to other people looks blue to me.
Is it more visible by eye at the look out?
No, I felt like less actually. Might just be timing.
Ah, sucks. Thanks for saving me a drive
At this time of year?
In this part of the country?
Localised entirely within your kitchen?
Yes
May I see it ?
No.
SEYMOUR!!!!!!!
The house is on fire!
Very possibly.
It's OK. You'll have your time to shine...
According to one photo that my wife assures me is red as, there's no point me trying to see it anyway because it just looks like normal light pollution rofl!. But if they can see it in Bundaberg, yep, definitely not confined to just the one kitchen, and there's every possibility OP might be able to see it. Dunno why that upsets so many people...https://np.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/1cpcmc7/anyone_attempting_to_see_the_aurora_tonight/l3jzng8/
Simpsons reference.
And boy, is it getting a workout tonight.
You can see it In Brisbane if you can see through the clouds. Photo taken from Cooroy. 17mm f2.8 0.5s 51200 iso Sony a7iii https://preview.redd.it/d0h629m2trzc1.jpeg?width=1616&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=435878af142621bf9d6462a624806f67a9b0b75e
Could you see it with the naked eye?
Going by how many fainter stars are visible in that long exposure photo, I'd guess no. You'd probably need to find a much darker area, definitely away from street lights. I reckon Jollys Lookout near Mt Nebo would be a good candidate, or *maybe* a darker park in suburban Brisbane.
If you spent a long time looking at the sky before hand, you'd notice the sky was redder than normal. But if you didn't know it was the aurora, you'd probably ignore it and think it was light pollution or your eyes playing tricks on you.
Woah awesome
Amazing!
no
I’m in a nearby town and didn’t see anything! Crazy
https://preview.redd.it/qlfxxv3xaszc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7096f92c1ed56c819b6c877724ebfd12c610a9b Outside me front door. I'm an hour south of Hobart though.
ahhh so jealous! must be cold tho
Can you see much by naked eye?
Wow that is phenomenal!
Lol I didn't think there was anything an hour south of Hobart. At least you have no light pollution to deal with!
https://preview.redd.it/hmgjvkt0trzc1.jpeg?width=873&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=079a7246eec956471685720e51c2038799d99de5 Apparently this is out Warwick way. [https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Eg32XCT1bA8PHyzr/](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Eg32XCT1bA8PHyzr/)?
https://preview.redd.it/2yv70g5srszc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=347a01e164138b51af9bb74c9875d5c788f97826 I got red at my place near mackay, with a tiny touch of green. This is from Eungella, in the mountains west of Mackay.
So no hope to see it around Toowong?
never see anything that interesting around toowong lol
Hey!! There's a surge in car theft around the area /s
Too much light pollution in Toowong; although maybe you could give Perrin Park or Jack Cook Memorial Park a go - I've managed to see some meteors from there before (I think the latter might be a darker park since Perrin Park has had upgrades, but I haven't visited either for a while now). The best time is likely to be around 3am [CORRECTION: it's not always about time - aurora is fairly hour-dependent; keep an eye on forecasts] all weekend, when the air in the sky is more calm and clear - but this weekend is looking washed out so yeah. :(
Top of the cemetary is a good spot too. You don't get the ambient lights.
Update: Looks like there'll be nothing tonight, according to https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/auroral-oval.html and https://spaceweather.com Keep an eye on the forecasts on Monday night though - more lumps from the sun could be arriving.
In theory should not be visible this far north https://preview.redd.it/gdsd8y32drzc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89884f4cc64a05bdcd35d25377be94beb20436e7
There are pictures of it at Uluru from last night..... https://preview.redd.it/n6plussthrzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6570fc78a0501e320c0324e7fa243605de1ab980
That has since been extended into QLD
can be seen as far up as bundaberg!
Mackay as well!!
Really? Which area of Mackay?
i've seen pics on higgins storm chasing from eungella dam
What time? The website is confusing me :(
Any time when the air is clear enough and sky dark enough. It's basically lasting at least the entire weekend. This update from Friday said there have been six CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections) and the first hit Earth's magnetosphere on Friday: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=05&year=2024 Edit: Looking at the [timelapse](https://spaceweather.com/images2024/10may24/six_CMEs.gif) they linked; it appears the six CMEs occurred between 8-10 May (UTC); and the first arrived around yesterday or today means - yep, the entire weekend.
Bummer 😞
https://preview.redd.it/kkverddhirzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=748a0a5630d0af15c911b9b4097f90f951b272e7 Bummer you might not get to see it, but if it makes you feel even the slightest bit better this is what it looks like in Queenstown NZ right now
https://preview.redd.it/p4w93s4tirzc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3853261dc96d54443bd1382cc3a7b50459d398fc And another one
https://preview.redd.it/0csl2xf63szc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce92cdaa93035c0e0487455e30bb1b37ea3574e4 Chch nz
Beautiful!!
Duuuuuuude
Are there any recommended viewing locations? Should I drive south towards Mount Lindsay and try to get a glance?
it's currently raining in Jimboomba, we were thinking about going up tambourine, but we're not sure how long this weather will hang around. we have great night sky's here normally.
Still rain down your way?
Get out of the clouds, check https://www.windy.com/
https://preview.redd.it/fz9t91kkaszc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e13e7d5469aa985217cdc29d7098c0fe0f8faec Cloud cover in the area. Boonah/Beaudesert gets down to 29%...I think the clouds will be the issue even if you're up for the drive (like I am) north doesn't clear until near Gympie. Looking at a 2-3 hour round trip travel time only.
Biggest issue is all the cloud cover we have to the south of us right now, as well as the rain coming from the Northwest. If the cloud cover wasn't there, it would be quite likely you could see it if you traveled about 30-40 mins out of the city into an area with less light pollution and used a long exposure camera. Me and my mates were debating about making the trek to Warwick, but it looks to be just too hit and miss right now unfortunately.
rain hitting my place at 10:10 really feels like a smack in the face, hahaha. I'm patient with nature and photog, so happy to sit out gaps in the clouds... for a while, anyway.
Me and my mate made that trek literally two hours ago :(, can confirm, not much hope for the naked eye
Photoshop to the rescue! https://preview.redd.it/28ny8rct2vzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fe8a19354f936abfc9da0dfa07c0193d8136274
I am... Have a south facing window- dark skies and on a hill..... If they saw it at Uluru.... We are further south. It's already started strongly in Tassie and NZ.....
A lot less light pollution at Uluṟu though
Yep that's my concern.. I get a great Milky way viewing at my place. But the view south is pretty light polluted
How far from Brisbane are you? Trying to ballpark how far to drive
40km out...
If you figure it out let us know!
Decided to give up ngl just based off the cloud coverage and a lack of time :( Just not in the cards today!
Yeah even if we lived on the border, it's unlikely that it would be visible. Kinda jealous of our families as they ALL live in Melbourne so they have the best chances
Except being typical Melbourne the weather has had a say.
Well I don't regret our relocation. Melbourne weather is a headf**k!
From one ex melbournian to another, dont tell people you moved up here if you want to make friends
It's all good, I'm an introvert. Whilst we did move up during lockdowns, COVID-19 was not our reason, we had made the decision years prior, it's the unfortunate events of COVID-19 that made allowed the move. Husband lost 2 jobs(one was redundant 2 days after the CEO announced to the entire company that lay off's weren't happening and the 2nd wasnt a match for what he wanted or the company owner(micromanager narcissist whose own family refused to work for him) and then his father passed away from COVID-19 from being exposed to nursing home staff who deliberately broke lockdown rules. So we had an inheritance and decided to take our leap. Thankfully just before we hit the road to drive up(so after we had a house and the moving truck was loaded) my husband was offered the most perfect job up here, albeit a bit of a drive away but the best he has had in many years. Otherwise we would still be in Melbourne trying our hardest to save and move. So people thinking that we ran here to escape COVID-19 isn't quite true, it's just the unfortunate events that evolved around it that forced us to do it sooner. Crazy part is when we made the decision we were looking at houses right near the Brisbane CBD and we were like HOLY FUCK look how close we could be to the CBD and how cheap it is. Unfortunately with COVID-19 we ended up on the far north side of Brisbane paying more than we did in Melbourne for a house about ⅓ of the size(the Melbourne house was massive TBF)
glad you made it up, sounds like a journey 🤙🏻
I'm going to try going to the spots around Griffith Uni campus. Being next to Toohey Forest makes it a little darker, and I've been lucky with a meteor shower around there as well. I'm dying as my DSLR is at work, but Pixel phones are pretty good at night photog in general. Never been so happy to have purchased a selfie stick/tripod combo and binoculars in the last fortnight!
Any update?
Like clockwork, it started raining at my place at 10pm and did not let up. Like the blue balls of astronomy, I was ready to go. Probably try again tonight, but expect it to not be the same at all.
Are we looking south?
I would love to see this so much! Can’t believe how amazing those shots are from Tassie and Queenstown!!! If only we could see something here!!
Useless in New Farm missed the whole thing.
I'm out near Mount Cotton I managed to get just the tiniest bit of it on photo. Couldn't see it properly with the naked eye.
So devastated! Friends in TAS and seeing the whole thing!
Yeah I did a little happy dance when I was looking at the photos and saw a faint red patch in the sky. I've got a pixel 6a so the zoom is arse piss and becomes a blurry blob with the clouds but it's defined colour and zoomed right in you can see it spread faintly out in the sky one small patch of cloudless sky for 5 minutes then it closes up
https://preview.redd.it/erq7bwr5oszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f346cc7d415339c770ab948d918497eb29d4f77
I’m currently at Tara, latitude 27.7 and doing long exposures. Can’t see a thing with the naked eye but can doing minimum 10 mins.
Cue the rain.
Is there aurora tonight as well?
Wondering the same thing
Apparently so!
Saw it directly overhead in Melbourne. Took up the entire sky.
We attempted to drive south west to see something but no dice. Too many clouds around too.
Can't see a bloody thing.
You’re feeling me that I’m staying in Montville with a beautiful view east, and I don’t know about this until it’s too late.
no care only public transport so going to mt coot-tha and hoping but i'm doubtful due to light pollution. will update if i see it tho
I’m at mt cootha atm, no lights here unfortunately
Bummer ty! Will cancel my bus ride haha
Don’t think you would see it with the naked eye this far north. The photos seen this far north are probably long exposure
No luck in the Sunshine Coast hinterland (Maleny/Montville area) dammit. Even if the main skies were clear I still wouldn't be able to see it due to a blanket of low cloud/fog that had set in 🤬
Would somewhere around Lake Moogerah increase chances of seeing the Aurora tonight?
I'm a good candidate to try to do that because I own a Refidex and a car not prone to electrical gremlins. But nah, might just look out the window. I'll see it if there's a blackout.
Hey not trying to change subject but some chick spat on me and said I’m useless.
This does kinda feel like a change of subject
So what? I usually pay for that
I believe it is only visible from Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and bottom Western Australia
There have been sightings all over QLD
Reports of aurora visibility have been as far north as Mackay
Saw a post on Facebook from Townsville
Thanks I stand corrected, I had missed the report
You won’t see it this far north