[meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

>From the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_Islands

    "The Sandwich Islands was the name given to Hawaii by Captain James Cook 
on his discovery of the islands on January 18, 1778. The name was made in 
honour of one of his sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was 
at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer. 
During the late 19th century, the name fell into disuse. The Sandwich 
Islands should not be confused with the South Sandwich Islands, an 
uninhabited British dependency in the southern Atlantic Ocean."



Sterling K. Webb

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ks1u" <ks1u at prodigy.net>
To: "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI


> Tracy:
>      Unless there are other islands of the same name, the Sandwich Islands 
> with which I am familiar are just north of Antarctica in the South 
> Atlantic. It would not be unusual for them to get an Aurora but it would 
> be an Aurora Australis and not Borealis.  I don't pay great attention to 
> the Southern Lights but I'm sure there are some sources on the internet 
> which monitor them.  It would be unusual for Hawaii to get the Aurora 
> although I have never heard of it prior to your mention of it.  I'll do 
> some checking myself, as you have peaked my interest.  I monitor solar 
> activity daily as an amateur radio operator, because solar flux and sun 
> spots determine the MUF(maximum usable frequency) for worldwide radio 
> communications, and part of those charts include aurora.
>
> George
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