The Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4th

Low-latitude auroras: The great aurora of 4 February 1872

“…In Thorshavn, Faroes (62.0 N lat., magnetic latitude, 65.4), ''remarkably red color''; in North Uist, Shetlands (57.4 N lat., magnetic latitude, 61.5), ''very red color'' (Buchan, 1872); in Edinburgh, Scotland (55.6 N lat., magnetic latitude, 59.1), ''red streamers'' (Smyth, 1872); in Monkstown, Ireland (53.2 N lat., magnetic latitude, 57.2), ''deep red aurora'' (Pim, 1872); in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland (54.3 N lat., magnetic latitude, 58.4), ''magnificent red aurora'' (Murphy, 1872); at Hartlepool, England (54.4 N lat., magnetic latitude, 57.5), ''a most beautiful rose color'' (Anon.II, 1872); at Wrexham, Wales (53.0 N lat., magnetic latitude, 56.4), ''a deep rose colour'' (Griffith, 1872); at Hay on Wye, Wales (52.0 N lat., magnetic latitude, 55.5), ''red continued throughout to be the prevailing hue'' (Webb, 1872); in Gloucester, England (51.5 N lat., magnetic latitude 55.1), ''a bright crimson colour'' (J.S.H., 1872); and in Barnstaple, England (51.1 N lat., magnetic latitude, 54.7), ''a brilliant red colour'' (Hall, 1872).…”