Report of Aurora Observation

[anonymous]

Date:-  Saturday March 31
Location:-  Mount Martha, Victoria. -38.267, 145.017
Beginning approximately 10:30 UT as a diffuse red glow in the south-east
which brightened to easy visibility by approximately 10:45 but remained red.
Lasted with varying intensity until approximately 11:15.  Suspected
visibility but faint until around 12:30 UT when a red glow appeared from SE
to SW from near the horizon to approx 45 degrees altitude combined with
white vertical rays up to 60 degrees. This display lasted for approximately
15 minutes then faded to a more diffuse red glow which lasted with varying
intensity, but generally faint, until about 13:45 UT. Sky conditions early
and late were broken cirrus but clear during the period when the most
intense display occurred.
Observed by several members and friends of the Astronomical Society of
Frankston. Photographs obtained.
 
Roger Giller.