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BRIGHT DISPLAY OF AURORA BOREALIS ON AUGUST 27.—A fine exhibition of Aurora Borealis was observed by Mr. W. F. Denning at Bristol in the early morning of Sunday, August 27, between the hours of 2 and 4 G.M.T. Shafts of light were first observed at about 2h. 15m. ascending amongst the stars of Ursa Major and Draco, and reaching considerable altitudes. Changes affected the appearances at short intervals, the streamers would fade away and new ones form, while the invariable disposition of the whole was to move quickly from the west to the east side of the north point. Some of the more conspicuous streamers were particularly recorded as they passed over certain stars, and the mean rate of motion across Ursa Major was found to be 15° in three minutes..
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 97, 551 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097551a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/097551a0