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WITH respect to the “Day Aurora” alleged to have been seen by Secchi (see vol. vi. p. 492) his description is not that of an aurora, especially as regards its position, which was far from being at right angles to the magnetic meridian; and as regards the “fantastic rays (jets filamenteux)” whose “forms perfectly resembled those of the solar protuberances,” they would therefore be very unlike the rays of an aurora.
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BACKHOUSE, T. Day Aurora. Nature 7, 29 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007029b0
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