THE AURORA AUSTRALIS
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Last Saturday night there occurred one of the brightest displays of the aurora australis, or southern lights, that have been seen in New Zealand for many years. Unfortunately, in many parts of Otago the sky was partially clouded, such being the case at my station. I should like therefore to request any reader who saw the display to send me a report of it. It is only within the last few years that the study of the aurora has been taken up seriously in New Zealand, and as this country is, with the exception of portions of South America, the most favourably situated in the southern hemisphere for the study, it is important that each and every display should be observed and studied as luliy as possible. The greater the number of reports of a single display the greater will be tlie value of that display to science; hence observations, no matter how meagre, will be appreciated from all who saw the display. Such reports should give the time and as full a description as possible, and should be sent to me at my address. —I am, etc. t M. Geddes, Director, Aurorae and Zodiacal Light Sections New Zealand Astronomical Society. Otckma, South Otago.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22057, 13 September 1933, Page 8
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