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| Keywords: Maunder auroral beam 11-17-1882.gif Drawing of passage of auroral beam of November 17 1882 Philosophical Magazine 1883-05 Rand Capron PD-old PD-100 English Wikipedia Drawing of passage of auroral beam of November 17 1882 by astronomer and aurora expert Rand Capron Guildown Observatory Surrey UK Also described by prominent British astronomer Edward Walter Maunder Drawing first published in Philosophical Magazine May 1883 Reprinted by astronomer Morris K Jessup in The Case for the UFO 1955 p 32 Citadel Press http //www scribd com/doc/6753/Jessup-Morris-Case-for-the-UFO-Varo-edition Electronic version of Jessup book with illustration online Maunder in The Observatory journal of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in June 1883 and April 1916 described the phenomenon as about 30 degrees long 2-3 degrees wide with distinct edges and an opaque central portion It was whitish or whitish-green about the same color as auroral displays but much brighter It moved steadily across the sky from magnetic east to west in under 2 minutes It moved as the Sun Moon stars and planets move but nearly a thousand times as quickly When first seen it was low down in the E N E and circular or disc-like in shape but as it moved it turned into a very elongated ellipse variously described as cigar-shaped like a torpedo a spindle or a shuttle In 1916 Maunder likened it to just like a Zeppelin In 1916 Maunder commented that it was a celestial object unique in my experience and unlike any other celestial object that I have ever seen The quality of its light and its occurrence while a great magnetic storm and a bright aurora were in progress seem to establish its auroral origin But it differed very widely in appearance from any other aurora that I have ever seen The described phenomenon has some similarity in appearance to http //www meteoros de/arten/ee05e htm Upper Tangent arc frequent in the northern regions described and studied by meteorologists Upper Tangent arc is produced by horizontally orientated column-shaped ice crystals reflecting the sunlight articles in http //www meteoros de/haloe htm Arbeitskreis Meteore e V However the 1882 phenomenon according to Maunder moved rapidly across the sky whereas Upper Tangent arc would remain relatively stationary and can only occur during daytime since it is created by and is tied to the position of the sun PD-old Check categories 2008 November 20 en wikipedia Unidentified_flying_object en wikipedia Edward_Walter_Maunder zh wikipedia 愛德華·沃爾特·蒙德 Space exploration Urban legends UFO Cultural anthropology | ||||
