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Luke O'Brien Photography

Luke O'Brien Photography

Aurora Australis Tasmania
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Southern lights over Hobart

January 23, 2026
A couple of days ago Hobartians were treated to a truly magical display of the southern lights over Hobart. The storm hit early in the day, with a super charged solar wind buffeting the earth. I screenshotted the solar wind details, as it was all bigger than I’d seen before – the solar wind was...Read More

Tasmania Shaped Coronal Hole

September 10, 2025
No its not the latest in schoolyard bully insults, it is a perfectly positioned coronal hole on the sun, slowly spinning into position to (hopefully) spark up some nice displays of the aurora australis in the days ahead. Perfect timing for this weeks Bay of Fires photography workshop too! I’ll be watching this very closely...Read More
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Aperture to the Infinite

July 30, 2025
I am very excited to be presenting some of my images and discussing astrophotography at the upcoming “Aperture to the Infinite” event at the Little Theatre in Deloraine on Tuesday August 12th from 5:00pm. National Science Week events in Tasmania The event, Aperture to the Infinite, has been organised by the Meander Valley Council as...Read More
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Pieman River Aurora – the Tarkine lights up!

June 17, 2025
This was a very special occasion – a major aurora occurred during a recent photography workshop at Corinna in Tasmania’s wild Tarkine region. The Pieman River aurora was stunning. The red colour was clearly visible to the naked eye and at one point reached right up to the Southern Cross which was nearly 90 degrees...Read More

Expect the Unexpected

May 20, 2025
This was a nice surprise – there’s a spot I’ve had in mind for Milky Way season, and recently I was in the area and the night was clear so I went to investigate. Things started out innocently enough – clear skies through the blue hour and a nice Milky Way filling in the sky...Read More
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Aurora Australis Timelapse

November 4, 2024
This aurora australis timelapse is from the very impressive display last month. It covers around 20 minutes of action from around 9:15, condensed into a very short video. I took two cameras with me that night. One I was pointing here, there and everywhere as the light show shifted from one part of the sky...Read More

Aurora October 11 2024

October 14, 2024
2024 has been a great year for the aurora! The world was dazzled back in May when the aurora appeared in places it normally wouldn’t. Here in Tassie we experienced lights all over the sky that night – north, south, east and west – the first time I had seen that. And now, once again,...Read More

The aurora of May 11 2024

May 24, 2024
Oh what a night! The aurora of May 11 2024 was an incredible night under the southern lights not just in Tasmania but all over the world. In the week leading up to May 11, a major sunspot on the sun fired off multiple major (X-class) flares in succession, leading astronomers to predict a very...Read More
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Camera Settings for Photographing the Aurora

November 28, 2023
The final installment of my aurora chasing tips is all about the night of the big shoot. As discussed in part 1 a tripod is a must as is a reasonably wide angle lens. If you are new to manual camera settings it can seem quite daunting but the settings and technique can be summed...Read More
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Locations for shooting the aurora in Tasmania

November 20, 2023
Part 3 of my aurora chasers guide is all about location, location, location. And rather than just posting a bullet point list of locations, I’ll talk about how to find your own locations as most of the well known spots can get quite crowded these days as aurora spotting grows in popularity. Aurora Viewing Locations...Read More
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