Old Space Weather: sightings of aurorae and sunspots

[studentforever]

Jamestown reports an aurora in last watch on 16 April 1882
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/ ... _073_1.jpg

and just after midnight on 17 April 1882
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/ ... _074_1.jpg

[Randi]

Thanks!

[Michael]

USS Omaha
14 October 1872

Noon position: 37 39N 61 12W
2000 position: 37.52 -60.12

2000: An Aurora Borealis of vivid colors, red and green, in the first hour of the watch.

[AvastMH]

[Randi]

USS Lackawanna
12 June 1866
Observation: 40 11 00 N, 69 26 45 W
Dead Reckoning: 39 50 6 N, 69 25 00 W

From 9 to 11 a slight Aurora Boralis was observed.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 05-002.JPG

[ggordon]

Shenandoah February 4, 1987 at Ville Franche, France.

8 PM to Midnight

Starlight and brilliant aurora.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 21-168.JPG

[Randi]

Thanks!

[Randi]

Halifax, Nova Scotia
19 February 1881

2000: Faint display of Aurora Borealis.

[pommystuart]

April 17th Yantic, en-route Port Royal SC to Hampton Rds

Fine display of the Arora Borealis during first part of watch.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/982725.pdf
A bit heavy reading but very interesting.

[Michael]

You don't often see them so far south.

[pommystuart]

Yantic. 20th April 1882. Hampton Roads, VA

0200 Saw a remarkably brilliant Aurora Borealis.

Also mentioned further down on Page 289 of the previous article.

[Randi]

[pommystuart]

USS Yantic, 11 July 1882
Near Monhegan Island, Maine.

2300 Conspicuous display of aurora borealis.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

USS Yantic, 22nd Aug, 1882. Off Newcastle NH.

00-0400 sighted Aurora Borealis during watch.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Is a pity that the Yantic did not see this one as reported in the Philadelphia news. She was in Norfolk Va at the time. I guess being overcast spoiled the view.
See this link for the 17 Aug 1882.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_ ... ron's_beam

[Michael]

[Randi]

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in ... ory_Mar_13

March 13, 1989: Residents of the southern U.S. viewed a once in a lifetime display of the Northern Lights. This solar storm also caused the entire province of Quebec, Canada, to suffer an electrical power blackout. Click HERE for more information from NASA.

[Randi]

June 12, 1866
From 9pm to 11pm observed slight Aurora Borealis

39° 50' N
69° 25' W

USS Lakawanna
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 04-045.JPG