Photos by:  Paul Anderson    Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia.

This is a photo taken from Gawler, a small rural town just outside Ulverstone, you can see the lmc in the centre just to the left near the top, you can also see my 1963 ej Holden, oh and there is also some auroral activity as well.

This photo was taken at 11pm.  There were pulses running through it, about four per second, you could watch them flow quickly through the beams all the way up to the zenith. This was when it was at its peak, and was moving really fast. Camera was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 20 seconds.

October 1st aurora from the Ulverstone Park at 8pm local time; I think this is 10:00am universal time. The bright object is Venus; you can also see the Southern Cross to the left, with the pointers at the top. The camera I used was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 20 seconds on Konica 400 film.

This first photo was taken looking back towards Ulverstone; it was low tide so I walked out to as far as I could. There is cloud in the sky and also a funny streak, maybe it was left by the meteor.

This is a photo taken from the Ulverstone Park. The moon is rising over somebody's house. The camera I used was a canon ae-1 with a 200mm lens and a 2x teleconverter at f/9 the exposure time was 1/125 of a second.

This is a photo I took of our Milky Way galaxy. The sky was  dark the night I took this, and really clear too. This is an untracked photo. It looks like it was tracked because of the trees, but it wasn't. The camera  was a Pentax k 1000 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 30 seconds on Konica 400.

This is a photo I took on April 17, of the aurora Australis. The camera I used was a Pentax k 1000 with a 50mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 40 seconds on Konica 400 film., . The photo was taken at the Ulverstone Park.

Here is a photo I took from my front gate on April 18 it was 2:45 in the morning. It was barley visible, so I exposed for a couple of minutes. When I scanned it into the computer with the negative scanner, it put a horizontal line through it. Camera was a Pentax k 1000 with a 50mm lens at f/2.8.

This is a photo I took of the Southern Cross and Eta Carinae, I took this a few months ago in mid august. It was taken at the end of the Ulverstone break wall, the pole is a navigational device for boats.  Camera was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 30 seconds on Konica 400 film.

Taken of the 15th of October at 1am.  Camera was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 30 seconds on Konica 400 film.

I took these two photos this morning, Tuesday.15th of October at 1am. It was a pretty bright display. There was a half moon shining brightly when I took these photos but it didn't seem to make any difference. anon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 30 seconds on Konica 400 film.

At 10:55 I came out to check if the clouds had subsided, they had but there was still only a bright green arc, I went back inside and watched telly for five minutes, then came back out and it was going crazy beams were going all the way up to the zenith and there were pulses running through it and it was moving really fast.

I took these two photos this morning, Tuesday.15th of October at 1am. It was a pretty bright display. There was a half moon shining brightly when I took these photos but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Photo of the Southern Cross and pointers, Eta Carina Nebula, Omega Centari and the Coal Sack. The photo was taken with a Pentax K1000, 28mm lens and Konica 400 film. 40 sec exposure. Taken at Ulverstone in NW Tasmania, SE of mainland Australia.

This photo was taken at just after 8pm local time. The Southern Cross is clearly visible, and there was an aurora that night too. Photo was taken at the Ulverstone Park, camera was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8, exp time was 20 seconds on Konica film.

This photo was taken overlooking Ulverstone and the Leven River. The photo was taken at about 11:20 local time. You can see Scorpio's tail in the right of the picture and the pointers in the left of the picture. Camera was a canon ae1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8, exp time was 20 seconds on Konica 400 film.

This is a photo of Orion and you can also see the Pleiades out to the left, the picture was taken at about 455 in the morning at the Ulverstone beach, it was low tide, when it is high tide the water comes right up past where I took the photo from. The camera I used was a canon ae-1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 20 seconds on Konica 400 film.

This is a photo of the Ulverstone break wall. This is where I take most of my photos from. The red dot out the end is a navigational device for the boating community. It takes about ten minutes to walk out to the end in the dark; there are some pretty big holes and cracks opening up in it because of all the storms and bad weather.  The camera used was a canon ae-1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 10 seconds on Konica 400 film.

I got up at 445 in the morning to take this photo of the Southern Cross over Ulverstone it was freezing cold; there was ice on the ground. There was a full moon. The camera I used was a canon ae-1 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 20 seconds on Konica 400 film.

This photo of Orion was taken at about 5 in the morning. The tree in the right of the picture is a gum tree. There was a full moon which lit up the foreground. Camera was a canon ae-1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure time was 20 seconds on Konica 400 film.

A one minute exposure on Konica film

This is a photo of the southern cross taken from Ulverstone Tasmania,  Australia.. Camera used was a Pentax k1000 28mm lens at f/2.8 camera iso was set at 3200. The film used was Kodak 400, The exposure time was 60 seconds.. The half moon lit up the gum trees

This is a photo I took of the April 17th aurora from the Ulverstone park Tasmania, Australia .The camera was a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm lens at f/2.8. Exposure time was 40 sec film was Fuji 400.

This is a photo of the April 17th aurora taken at the Ulverstone park Tasmania Australia , camera was Pentax K1000 50 mm lens at f/2.8 film was Fuji 400 exp time was 35 sec.

Last Friday I took some more photos of the conjunction between the planets. I took them from the end of the break wall. This photo was taken in the Southern Hemisphere, so everything is going to be upside down. Jupiter is not in the picture, its just out of view to the top right. There was a howling south westerly blowing up from Antarctica and it was freezing cold.

Orion and the planets setting West Ulverstone, Tasmania. "I am in the southern hemisphere so this will probably look a little weird to you in the northern hemisphere. Jupiter is at the middle right." Taken with a Pentax K1000 camera and a 28mm lens at F2.8. 30 sec exposure

This is a photo of the March 24th aurora taken at the Ulverstone Park, Tasmania, Australia. The camera was a Pentax K1000 with a 28mm lens. Exposure time was 60 to 90 seconds on Kodak 400 film.

This is another photo of the southern cross and the Large Magellanic Cloud.  The camera was Pentax k1000 lens was 24mm at f/2.8 film was Fuji 400. Exposure time was 60 seconds. The photo was taken at the Ulverstone Park, Tasmania , Australia.

This is a photo of the March 24th aurora taken at the Ulverstone Park, Tasmania, Australia. The camera was a Pentax K1000 with a 28mm lens. Exposure time was 60 to 90 seconds on Kodak 400 film.

This photo is of the southern cross and Large Magellanic Cloud. The camera was a Pentax k1000 24mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was 60 sec photo was taken at the Ulverstone Park, Tasmania, Australia.

This is a photo looking up from the beach to the break wall. The moon and Venus are also in the picture. I used a torch to light up the break wall rocks. Camera was a canon ae-1 28mm lens at f/2.8 on Konica 400 film. Exposure was 30 secs. A torch was shone on the rocks for 20 seconds.

This is a photo I took looking north towards mainland Australia from the Ulverstone break wall. The moon lit up the clouds and you can see the lights from a ship on the horizon. The moon crosses the sky in the northern part of the sky in the southern hemisphere. Photo was taken with a canon ae-1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exp time was15 seconds on Konica 400 film.

This is a photo I took on the bus as I was leaving Melbourne.  It was just after seven in the morning. The camera I used was a Canon ae-1 with a 50mm lens at f/8. Exposure time was 1/125 of a second.

Orion over West Ulverstone, Tasmania. 30 second exposure on Konica film

The Coal Sack Nebula. Camera was a Pentax k1000 28mm lens at f/2.8 Exposure time was 30 seconds .film was Konica .

This is a photo of the April 17th aurora taken at the Ulverstone park Tasmania Australia. The camera was a Pentax k 1000, the lens was a 50mm at f/3.5, exposure time was 40 seconds on Fuji 400 film.

This is another photo I took on the bus as I was leaving Melbourne it was about 705 in the morning. Camera was a canon ae-1 with a 50mm lens at f/8 exposure was 1/125 of a second on Konica 400 film.

This  photo of Venus  was taken on Sunday, Sept 1 at 8;30 local time. The photo was taken up the road from my house; I had to get away from the street light which is basically right outside my front door. Camera was a Canon ae-1 with a 28mm lens at f/2.8 exposure was 20 seconds on Konica 400.

"Moonbow" taken at  Lake Mackenzie, east of  Ulverstone, Tasmania, on Nov 7, 2003. There was a full moon during the night I took the photo. It was a cold night and there was ice all over my tent the next morning with snow on the higher peaks.

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