SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Anyone having slow computer issues? At work and here all PC systems have been running unusually slow...for the last couple of days. Had to check the space weather and sure enough. Since the 27th an aurora australis event.

SOUTHERN LIGHTS: A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) hit Earth's magnetic field on May 27th. The impact sparked 12 hours of geomagnetic storming (G1-class) and a rare display of Southern Lights. Minoru Yoneto sends this deep-sky exposure from Queenstown, New Zealand:

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