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IT may interest your readers to know that the very brilliant aurora of the 24th and 25th September last was also visible in Canada. Mr. W. B. Dawson, writing from Montreal, notices the occurrence of a very bright aurora on both nights, flashing much, and often bright crimson. It was also seen at Quebec, and attracted much attention. He observes that its appearance was simultaneous with the division of a very large spot on the sun. Its crimson colour agrees with the red hue of your other correspondents; and is somewhat remarkable, as I have often noticed, in Canada, that the red usually alternates with green in vivid displays.
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DAWSON, G. The Aurora of Sept. 24. Nature 3, 7 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003007e0
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