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IT may be worth mentioning that the aurora on the evening of the 2nd inst. was observed at sea on board the Guion s.s. Arizona in about Lat. 51° N. and Long. 28° W., or about 700 miles west of Cape Clear. I first noticed it soon after 7 p.m. (ship's time), but the most brilliant display which I saw was between 12 and 12.15 p.m. (G.M.T.), when sheets of light resembling the folds of a curtain passed rapidly across the northern sky. The light was colourless, with occasional flashes of crimson.
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MELLISH, H. The Recent Magnetic Storm and Aurora. Nature 26, 571–572 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026571g0
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