Reported Sightings of Auroras sent to ASWFC
Below is a list of aurora events which were reported to SWS up to March 2017. The dates of observed auroral activity are shown along with all the locations from which reports were received.
In the case of major towns or cities, a large number of reports were often received from the same place. Thus, a single occurrence of say, "Hobart (AUS)" or "Dunedin (NZ)", often represents five or ten reports from observers in that area. For a complete (un-edited) and current list of reports see aurora sightings.
The location of the sighting reports can be viewed on the Auroral Oval Prediction Tool and they are being used to improve the auroral oval model used by the tool.
The SWS aurora alert notifies subscribers of the possibility of an auroral event.
The all-sky camera located at Cressy in Tasmania is no longer operational.
| Year | Dates | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 28 May | Kettering (TAS, AUS) |
| 20 Apr | Roches Beach (TAS, AUS) | |
| 1 Mar | Kettering (TAS, AUS) | |
| 1 Feb | Alonnah (TAS, AUS) | |
| 2016 | 25 Oct | Hobart, Mt Wellington (TAS, AUS) |
| 30 Sep | Abels Bay (TAS, AUS) | |
| 2015 | 22 Jun | Bendigo (VIC, AUS), Melbourne (VIC, AUS), Sandy Point (TAS, AUS) |
| 14 Jun | Trial Bay (TAS, AUS) | |
| 13 May | Muradup (WA, AUS) | |
| 19 Mar | Kettering (TAS, AUS) | |
| 18 Mar | Howrah (TAS, AUS), Snug (TAS, AUS), Evendale/Nile (TAS, AUS), East Sandwich (MA, USA) | |
| 17 Mar | Melbourne (VIC, AUS), Blackbutt (QLD, AUS) | |
| 23 Feb | Lucaston (TAS, AUS) | |
| 7 Jan | Hobart (TAS, AUS) | |
| 2014 | 13 Sep | Tinderbox Road (TAS, AUS) |
| 20 Jun | Trial Bay (TAS, AUS) | |
| 30 May | Roches Beach (TAS, AUS) | |
| 30 Apr | Kettering (TAS, AUS), Tinderbox (TAS, AUS), Mortimer Bay (TAS, AUS), Dodges Ferry (TAS, AUS), Mount Nelson (TAS, AUS), Howden (TAS, AUS), Howden (TAS, AUS), Orielton (TAS, AUS), Mt Nelson Signal Station, Hobart (TAS, AUS), Mortimer Bay (TAS, AUS) | |
| 12 Apr | Lower Longley (TAS, AUS) | |
| 20 Feb | Taroona (TAS, AUS), Saddleback Mtn., Kiama (NSW, AUS) | |
| 19 Feb | Glen Iris (VIC, AUS), Macquarie Island (TAS, AUS) | |
| 2013 | 2 Oct | Primrose Sands (TAS, AUS), Primrose Sands (TAS, AUS) |
| 6 Jul | Ross (TAS, AUS), Ross (TAS, AUS), Franklin/Port Huon area (TAS, AUS), Strahan (TAS, AUS) | |
| 29 Jun | Geeveston (TAS, AUS), Hindmarsh Island, SA, Howrah Beach (TAS, AUS), Taroona (TAS, AUS), Crabtree (TAS, AUS), Sandy Point Beach (TAS, AUS), Kingston (TAS, AUS), Port Huon (TAS, AUS), Miena (TAS, AUS), Flinders (VIC, AUS), Huon Valley around Franklin (TAS, AUS) | |
| 28 Jun | Coles Bay (TAS, AUS) | |
| 7 Jun | Kettering (TAS, AUS) | |
| 1 Jun | Mount Wellington (TAS, AUS), Trial Bay (TAS, AUS), Huntingfield (TAS, AUS), Flinders (VIC, AUS) | |
| 1 May | Howrah (TAS, AUS), Orielton (TAS, AUS) | |
| 17 Mar | Kingston (TAS, AUS), Tinderbox (TAS, AUS), Taroona, Hobart (TAS, AUS), Howden (TAS, AUS), Kingston (TAS, AUS) | |
| 2006 | 12 May | Casey Station, Antarctica |
| 2006 | 14 Apr | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2006 | 5-6 Apr | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2005 | 11 Sep | Detroit (MI, USA) |
| 2005 | 24-25 Aug | Hobart (AUS), Melbourne (AUS), Devenport (Tas, AUS), Canberra (AUS), Benalla (Vic, AUS), Northcote (Melbourne, AUS), Sydney (AUS) [in flight], Launceston (Tas, AUS) |
| 2005 | 11 Jul | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2005 | 31 May | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2005 | 16 May | Wallaroo (SA, AUS), Horsham (Vic, AUS), Canterbury (NZ), Bombala (NSW, AUS) |
| 2005 | 8-9 May | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2005 | 5 Apr | Casey (Antarctica) |
| 2005 | 7 Mar | Casey (Antarctica) |
| 2005 | 22 Jan | Jystrup (Denmark), Bombala (NSW, AUS) |
| 2005 | 17 Jan | Pennsylvania (USA), Launceston (Tas, AUS) |
| 2004 | 31 Dec | Tasmania (AUS) |
| 2004 | 10-11 Nov | Tasmania (AUS), Dunedin (NZ), Rye Back Beach (Vic, AUS) |
| 2004 | 7-8 Nov | New York State (USA), Methow Valley (WA, USA), Detroit (MI, USA), Frankfurt (Germany), Illinois (USA), Nebraska (USA), Kansas (USA), Connecticut (USA) |
| 2004 | 25 Oct | Macquarie Island (AUS) |
| 2004 | 25-27 Jul | Blackmans Bay (Tas, AUS), Wynyard (Tas, AUS), Hobart (AUS), Perth (AUS) |
| 2004 | 4 Apr | Wick (Scotland) |
| 2004 | 10 Mar | Alaska |
| 2004 | 23 Jan | Melbourne (AUS) [in flight], Canberra (AUS) |
| 2003 | 5 Dec | Tasmania (AUS) |
| 2003 | 11-20 Nov | Kangaroo Island (SA, AUS), Kojonup (WA, AUS), Hobart (AUS), Perth (AUS), Strathylbyn (SA, AUS), Kentucky (USA), Kingston (Tas, AUS), Central Highlands (Tas, AUS) |
| 2003 | 29-30 Oct | Albury (Vic, AUS), Narrabri (NSW, AUS), Largs North (SA, AUS), Dandenong (Vic, AUS), Burwood (Melbourne, AUS), Bendigo (Vic, AUS), Albany (NY, USA), Connecticut (USA), Hamlin (NY, USA), Detroit (MI, USA), Hobart (AUS), West Haven (CT, USA), Vermont (USA), Mildura (Vic, AUS), Van Buren (AR, USA), Burnie (Tas, AUS), Dunedin (NZ), Wollongong (NSW, AUS), Korumburra (Vic, AUS), Seattle (WA, USA), Tok (Alaska) |
| 2003 | 17-20 Sep | Tok (Alaska) |
| 2003 | 18 Aug | Ulverstone (Tas, AUS), St Helens (Tas, AUS), Tok (Alaska), Blackmans Bay (Tas, AUS), Hobart (AUS), Dunedin (NZ) |
| 2003 | 18 Jun | Otago (NZ), Mountain River (Tas, AUS) |
| 2003 | 29 May | Perth (AUS) |
| 2003 | 10 May | Dunedin (NZ) |
| 2003 | 2 Feb | Tok (Alaska) |
| 2002 | 1 Oct | Porvo (Finland), Tok (Alaska), Pingelly Heights (WA, AUS), Maine (USA), Kingston (Tas, AUS), Mt Wellingston (Tas, AUS), Hobart (AUS), Mountain River (Tas, AUS), Taroona (Tas, AUS), Ulverstone (Tas, AUS), Wallaroo (SA, AUS) |
| 2002 | 14 Sep | Narrabri (NSW, AUS), Somerville (Vic, AUS) |
| 2002 | 8 Sep | Kerr Lake (VA, USA), Berrima (NSW, AUS) (VIC, AUS)tor Harbor (SA, AUS), Loch Sport (Vic, AUS), Vantaa (Finland), Fryerstone (Vic, AUS) |
| 2002 | 23 May | Taroona (Tas, AUS) |
| 2002 | 18 Apr | Anchorage (Alaska), Hobart (AUS), Clyde (Vic, AUS), Melbourne (AUS), Central Tasmania (AUS) |
| 2001 | 31 Mar | Khancoban (NSW, AUS), Perth (AUS), Duluth (MN, USA), Mt Martha (Vic, AUS), Yanchep (WA, AUS), Narrandera (NSW, AUS), Wagga Wagga (NSW, AUS), Linden (NSW, AUS), Tathra (NSW, AUS), Grasby (Lincolnshire, UK), Canberra (AUS), Wollongong (NSW, AUS), Rainbow (Vic, AUS), Christchurch (NZ), Landrum (SC, USA), Atascadero (CA, USA) |
| 2001 | 28 Mar | Tok (Alaska), Culumet (MI, USA), Dillon Bay (WA, USA) |
| 20 Mar | Tok (Alaska), Ballarat (Vic, AUS) | |
| 2000 | 27-29 Nov | Kadina (SA, AUS), Seven-mile Beach (Tas, AUS) |
| 2000 | 28 Oct | Hancock (MI, USA) |
| 2000 | 14 Oct | Hobart (AUS) |
| 2000 | 4-6 Oct | Fairhaven (Vic, AUS), Detroit (MI, USA), Hancock (MI, USA), Bangor (Ireland) |
| 2000 | 30 Sep | Finland |
| 2000 | 18 Sep | Helsinki (Finland), Detroit (MI, USA) |
| 2000 | 11 Aug | New Forest Observatory (Ontario, Canada), Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), Kenosha (WI, USA), Port Clinton (OH, USA), Lubbock (TX, USA), Ogallala (NE, USA), Detroit (MI, USA) |
| 2000 | 16 Jul | McMurdo Station (Antarctica) |
