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IT is one of the attractions of astronomy that useful spheres of work are open to all ranges of instrumental equipment from the largest to the smallest, whilst a few phenomena are best observed initially without a telescope at all. In the category of phenomena for naked-eye study are included the aurora and the zodiacal light, though for critical research these also require the camera, photometer and spectroscope. A memoir issued by the British Astronomical Association (32, Part 3) summarizes the work carried out since 1931 by the section under the directorship of Mr. W. B. Housman, dealing with the aurora and zodiacal light.
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Observations of the Aurora and the Zodiacal Light. Nature 139, 642 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139642a0
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