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BRILLIANT displays of aurora were reported from many different parts of Scotland on the nights of March 27, 28, and 29, and aurora was also observed in Ireland and the northern portion of England. At Aberdeen aurora was seen each night between 8 and 9 o'clock. The Westminster Gazette gives an account of a brilliant display seen at Edinburgh early on the morning of March 28, stating that two separate displays were seen before 2 a.m., and there was a third shortly before 2.30 a.m. One of the first indications of the coming of this third display was a long, luminous shaft stretching upwards and intersecting the constellation Cassiopeia at a point near the star δ Cassiopeiæ. For some seconds it remained motionless and alone, like the tail of a great comet. Then the sudden flashing forth of a myriad quivering shafts and sheaves of light, exquisitely and delicately tinted, outlined a wide arch of striking beauty.
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Auroral Displays . Nature 83, 169–170 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083169b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/083169b0