The aurora of Feb. 4, 1872

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Abstract
EXCEPTING the auroral cloud-band of October 24th-25th, 1870 -an account of which was given by the writer of this article in volume i, No.2, of this series-no aurora ever before observed in the United States has exhibited, so far as our knowledge extends, any feature essentially identical with the cl"imson band or belt in the south seen here throughout Sunday evening, the 4th of February last.It was composed of large illuminated clouds or banks of' red light, aggregated in the form of a zone, which began far down in the east and passed south of the zenith far on to the west.Its visible parts shifted place a few degrees, from time to time, but without altering very much the general position of the zone.No" aurora's bow" ever possessed half, and rarely more than one-third its breadth, or had either the like consistence or constitution, or the like color aDd time of continuance, or the like invariableness of position.Indeed, it is a fact which the writer can avouch from his own observations, that-excepting the extreme western parts, which he did not observe early in the evening-the zone maintained essentiallv the same extent and situation, relative to the stars, at a quarter past ten o'clock in the evening which it had here at New Haven at a quarter before seven.The same fact, it
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Authors A. C. Twining
Journal american journal of science
Year 1872
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10.2475/ajs.s3-3.16.273
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-3.16.273
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