Stargazers were treated to a spectacular light show late on Wednesday and into early Thursday, as parts of the sky across Australia burst into an array of colour.

The southern lights, known also as aurora australis, dazzled sky watchers across Victoria from Anglesea to Warrnambool and much further north than usual, in line with expectations.

Sightings were also reported in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and many other areas of NSW, and as far afield as Perth, courtesy of a severe solar storm that is impacting Earth.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s space weather centre had predicted earlier this week that the geomagnetic storm was in progress and aurora may be observed during local nighttime hours.

As the skies lit up, social media platforms quickly followed suit with users reporting magnific

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