[meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

[Kevin Forbes]

Hi Tracy and list, I certainly had fun looking at the data I did find. I had 
more relevant info turn up with my first search string than my second, 
results below.

All the best and good luck to your librarian friend. Kevin Forbes. VK3UKF.


Google search string "1859 aurora"

Extensive data
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031027.html

Mention only
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_flare_031028.html

Extensive data
http://www.rainbowriderstradingpost.com/article1.html


Historical document sold on eBay, check this out before eBay delete the ad, 
it has been sold.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Orig-1859-Melb-OBSERVATORY-Aurora-Sunspots-

etc_W0QQitemZ7009624488QQcategoryZ11100QQcmdZViewItem


Extensive data
http://www.oulu.fi/~spaceweb/textbook/great_aurora.html


Eyewitness/writers name mentioned
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ss&id=79

Extensive data
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/518.html


Good info & names
http://www.solarstorms.org/SOlmsted.html


Forum discussion
http://www.spacew.com/forum/index.php/topic,68.0.html

Extensive historical data
http://www.albany.edu/faculty/rgk/atm101/aurora.htm


PDF
http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/EPO/auroral_poster/aurora_all.pdf


Mentions demise of telegraph systems, describes the failures during the 
aurora
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1860auro.htm


Google search string "1859 aurora hawaii"

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/perfect_space_storm.html

http://www.cronaca.com/archives/001611.html









>
>Our librarian is searching for information relating to an aurora that 
>supposedly was visible from the Hawaiian islands (all right, the Sandwich 
>Islands) in 1859.  She has searched all the available local records, 
>newspapers, genealogies and accounts, but has come up blank.  Something 
>like an aurora should have been pretty spectacular to be seen in Hawaii; 
>does anyone have other resources she might check?
>
>Thanks!
>Tracy Latimer
>
>
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