The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-11-28
From the New Haven Herald.


From the New Haven Herald.
AURoRAL PHLAoMENoN. last night
our northern hemisphere was ado'ned with
splay Of aur"ral hight, remarkably
.urnnd and diversified. II was Il 81 oDsrr-
wed al tl.trcn miuutrs before Z O'clock,
Mean time, when an illumination "f the
whole u"rlhern sky, resembling The break
Of day, vas iiscernahle through the open
,ng- IN The clouds. Aooul l8 degrees
east of nnrth, wa. a broad column oi sh.-
nins vapur tIn..d wnh crimson, waich APP
pedred and disappeared at intervals. a
weslealy wind moved IF III, clouds, rem
de ing the sky nearly clear ny 8 o'cI .ck,
when two broad white columns which had
for sume time hcen gathering between the
stars AquIla nnd Lyra On tae west, unu
the Pleiades aud Aries on the east, un.-
ted abeve, SD as to complete a luminous
arch, spanning the heavens "a lniir -".lh
OF the prllne vertical. The whol. iih
ern hemisphere, beng more Or less ,llu-
minated, und separated rom tn. southern
! by this zone, was thrown i.Lo sirikiug
tsI
oi dark slate color, as though the sta, S
were shining through stratum ol Llac k
Clonds. The zone moved -lowl, t. the
south until about 8 O'Clock, wheu It had
reached the bright star in the Eagle il,
the west, aud extended little south oi
the conste tellation Ares in The east. From
. this time, It began torecede northward, al
Ia,
utes before when vast number o.
C lunos white and crimson, began t.
'oot up, Simultaneously, from all parts o
the northern hemisphere, directing theil
Course towards II point few degrees sou,l
and east OF the zenith, around which they
arranged themselves as around common
focus. The position "f this point was be.
tween the Peiades and Al pha Arlelis
and south of the Bee, having right as
cension vi 4 4 deg and drcllnation of q
deg, as nearly as could be determined
without the aid Of instruments /; but thi,
comes So near to the pole Of the dipping
needle and to the magnetic meridian, .tha
we need not hesitate to conclude that, p
greeably to what has been observed Of 81
milar phenomena. the columns arrang &c
themselves exactly in obedience to thu
laws of errestrial magnetism.
Soon after III O'clock, commenced ;
striking display Of those undulatory fash
es, denominated 10 the Northern regions
Merry Dancers. They consist oil thin
waves or sheets of light, courslng each o
ther with immense speed Those undu
lations whirh play upon the surface of I
neld OF rye, when gently agituted by tn,
wind, may give the reader "a faint idea %
these aurora waves. One oi these Grim
son columns, the most dense and beauti
tul of all as il ascended towards the com
mon focus, (the vanishing point Of per
sp' ctive for parallel lncs.) crossed IN.
planet Jupiter, then at an altitude of Sc
degrees. The appearance was pecullarl,
interesting, as the planet shona tbrouui
the crimson clouds with its splendor an
parently augmented rather than diminish
ed.
A few shooting stars were seen n, in,e,
vals' some of which were above The ordi
nary magnitude aud brightness. On,
that came from between the feet ol the
Great Bear, at 8 minutes after one a.
clock, and fell apparently near to H.,
earth. exhibited very white and dazzlino
light, and a. It exploded. scattered shioiuo
fragments, very much after the manner o.
a sky rocket.
AZ early as o'clock. the Magnetic nee.
die began to shaw unusual agitation, AM
il hns been since carefully observed b,
Mr.. Lromis Near O'clock when IN,
s'reamcrs were rising, and the corona for.
ming, the disturbances Of the needle wa.
yer, remarkable, causing n m"tion Of |
deg. 5 MN 10 five D,nules' time. Thi,
disturbance ccn,,nued unit. 10 o'cloch
this morning, the needle having iravrrs"t
an entire range of one degne ID &C
minutes, While its ordinary durnal drflec
ltion is not more than 3 minutes.
| The iherm,met-r nj I I o'clock was a
80 deg it shnily fIl To 81, and remain
ed nearly ut this point during the resi- %
the nights degree Of cold considerabl,