Old Space Weather: sightings of aurorae and sunspots

[jil]

USRC Bear

18 May 1892
Midnight to 12.25: Aurora Borealis visible
On passage from Port Townsend to Unalaska. 8pm previous day Lat 52° 04’ 01”N, Long 142° 06’ 45”W

1 Sept 1892
Midnight to 4am:
First hour aurora borealis visible
Arctic Ocean. 8pm previous day Lat 67° 32’N, Long 167° 23’W

[Michael]

22 August 1870
Charleston Navy Yard, Boston.

Midnight to 4 AM

Brilliant Aurora Borealis

[Michael]

5 September 1870
Noon position: 42^o 40'N^o 68 6'W

Midnight to 4 AM

Brilliant display of Northern Lights all through the watch.

[Michael]

24 September 1870
Noon : Lat 36° 41' 00"N, Long 30° 59' 00"W

8 PM to Midnight

Very brilliant Northern Lights beautifully tinged with red.

[Michael]

25 September 1870
Noon : Lat 37° 37' 00"N, Long 30° 59' 00"W

Midnight to 4 AM

Aurora Borealis very brilliant to Nd.

[Michael]

24 October 1870
Lisbon, Portugal

Brilliant display of Aurora Borealis coloring the whole northern heavens with a brilliant red.

This was under the 4PM to 8 PM heading, but there was no heading for 8 PM to Midnight.

[jules]

Sorry for the long radio silence but I've finally popped in to update all the aurora sightings. Many thanks for keeping on posting them - the information is still very useful. The (somewhat large!) spreadsheet I have of all the OW aurora / sunspot sightings is turning out to be a very useful resource. I've been contacted several times by researchers asking if there is evidence of any geomagnetic activity on a certain date, for example, and there are enough data there to write several more papers! So your time and diligence are still very much appreciated - thanks!

[Michael]

I'm so glad we're able to help!

[Randi]

A super solar storm rocked Earth in 1872. They’re more common than you think.
February 4 and 5.

Currently our only ship with logs for February 1872 is Shenandoah

[jules]

And would you know the Shenendoah did report a "brilliant aurora" on Feb 4 1872!

[joke_slayer]

Tuscarora 22 September 1873, ~51N 134W

2000-2400 Observed brilliant display of the Aurora Borealis

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[Michael]

USS Sacramento
5 August 1865
3 AM position near 39.2439, -44.5222 or 39°14'38"N 44°31'19"W

Aurora Borealis burning brightly from 3 A. M. to 4.

[Michael]

Off Boston Navy Yard
10 September 1863

Midnight to 4 AM

Northern lights during the watch.

[joke_slayer]

Tuscarora, 12 August 1874

Noon position 53 24N, 155 33 45W

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 30-054.JPG

2300 A very bright aurora was visible in the North