The Great Aurora of 4 February 1872 observed by Angelo Secchi in Rome | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 12, 2022


Article Number		3
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Agora
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021046
Published online		26 January 2022

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