I saw southern auroras last night!!!!

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

I saw southern auroras last night!!!! Rakiura! Holy cow that was AMAZING

(View from a bit south of Arthur's Pass, New Zealand)

[oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

Wowee! Zowee! Did you hear any alien spacecraft or anything like that?

What a beautiful, unearthly display!

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

(Follow up note: it was just barely visible to the naked eye, and just looked totally white with maybe a hint of red. A camera was required to see the colours)

[santiago@mastodon.uy]

@sundogplanets beaetiful coalsack and magellanic clouds

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Oh, and here's one from just a few minutes earlier that is full of satellite streaks 😭

[libroraptor@mastodon.nz]

@sundogplanets Gosh do I hate satellite reflections. Used photograph in the old days of manually guiding a telescope for two hours or so. A satellite ruins a whole night.

Now, though you can photograph again soon in a minute or two, there are so many more shiny satellites to put up with.

No one ever asked us if we were willing to give up our sky heritage in exchange for the tech benefits.

[stephan@them.cheeky.wales]

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social stunning 😍

[andrewblasco@masto.es]

@sundogplanets WOW 🤩

[diraquel@masto.pt]

@sundogplanets amazing! 😍

[thirzajane@mastodon.nz]

@sundogplanets Wow. Looks fabulous.

[oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

So you did see some alien spacecraft!

[jerzone@techhub.social]

@sundogplanets What a sky!

[alikatze@social.tchncs.de]

@sundogplanets
Well, for me those "travelling stars" are just nice little guys, when I sit outside stargazing. So far I know it's childish, but it feels good then.
So those lines in your picture are just greetings from my nighttime friends 😉
Perhaps that helps a bit.

[ivar_ericksen@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets очень сильно захватывает дух 🙏

[miguelpergamon@kolektiva.social]

@sundogplanets

Sky from Birmingham was exceptionally clear tonight (well, for Birmingham, it was). Could see all of Orion's stars.

[nev@flipping.rocks]

@alikatze @sundogplanets we already have "wandering stars" they're called planets!!!!!!!! https://www.etymonline.com/word/planet

[alikatze@social.tchncs.de]

@nev @sundogplanets 😹👍

And we have #portishead

[eccentrictubas@theforkiverse.com]

@sundogplanets amazing. what camera did you use?

[alliat@social.vivaldi.net]

@sundogplanets Magnificent! Well captured!

[chilort@weird.autos]

@sundogplanets we never made it south of Arthur's Pass. Such a magical place