corona borealis
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He saw the moon rise to the zenith and the corona borealis disappear below the western horizon.
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- a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules
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At ten P.M. the Aurora Borealis appeared very brilliant in an arch across the zenith, from north-west to south-east, which afterwards gave place to a beautiful corona borealis August 19_.--After crossing a portage of five hundred and ninety-five paces, a small lake and another portage of two thousand paces, which occupied the crews seven hours, we embarked on a small stream, running towards the north-west, which carried us to the lake, where Akaitcho proposed that we should pass the winter.
— Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 -
He saw the moon rise to the zenith and the corona borealis disappear below the western horizon.
— The Delight Makers -
At ten P.M. the Aurora Borealis appeared very brilliant in an arch across the zenith from north-west to south-east which afterwards gave place to a beautiful corona borealis August 19 After crossing a portage of five hundred and ninety-five paces, a small lake and another portage of two thousand paces, which occupied the crews seven hours, we embarked on a small stream running towards the north-west which carried us to the lake where Akaitcho proposed that we should pass the winter.
— The Journey to the Polar Sea -
He saw the moon rise to the zenith and the corona borealis disappear below the western horizon.
— The Delight Makers
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