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List of 1859 Great Magnetic Storm Auroral Observations, this list is composed of two closely spaced massive worldwide auroral events. The first began on August 28th, 1859, and the second began on September 2nd, 1859. The 2nd event is known as the Carrington Event, where a white-light solar flare associated with this event was observed by Carrington and Hodgson at separte observatories.
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2023-08-16 21:22:02
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2023-07-28 21:22:02
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Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
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2023-03-28 12:34:56.789
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Updated description, added additional reference, tried to update to 2.6.0 but failed so reverted back to 2.5.0, revised by SAB 20230816
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List of 1859 Great Magnetic Storm Auroral Observations. 2nd event is also known as the Carrington Event.
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Green, J. L. and Boardsen, S. (2006). Duration and extent of the great auroral storm of 1859. Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 38(2), 130-135.
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This list of observation times and locations was complied for and used in this paper.
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Green, J. L. and Boardsen, S., Odenwald, S., Humble, J. and Pazamickas, K. A. (2006). Eyewitness reports of the great auroral storm of 1859. Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 38(2), 145-154.
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Eyewitness reports base upon this database.
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GIF Movie of Carrington Event observations in both Hemispheres: Green and Boardsen (2006)
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This list of observation times and locations is used to create the movie. Orange dots visual sightings of aurora, blue dots telegraph stations whose operations where impacted.
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GIF Movie of Carrington Event observations folded into Northern Hemisphere: Green and Boardsen (2006)
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This list of observation times and locations is used to create the movie. Orange dots visual sightings of aurora, blue dots telegraph stations whose operations where impacted.
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spase://NASA/Catalog/Carrington_Event/Great_Magnetic_Storm_of_1859_List_of_Auroral_Sightings