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Historical document sold on eBay, check this out before eBay delete the ad,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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