Possible faint auroral streamers

[anonymous]

Streamers sighted around 11pm (+/- 2 mins) from Canberra (Deakin),
slightly west of south altitude 45 deg, 5-10 degree vertical extent,
very faint, below visual colour threshhold, not quite as bright as the
Large Magellanic Cloud.

Transient in nature, lasting for a few seconds, seen a couple of times,
but urban light pollution made it hard to be certain.  Milky Way visible
as were both Magellanic Clouds.

Call it a "possible".  IBC value 1.

Sky clear at the time, sharp star images suggested no cirrus.

Nothing sighted in the following 20 minutes, after which low cumulus
rolled in from the east.

DN
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David Nicholls
Nicholls Communications
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