RE: [meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

2006-03-05 Thread 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

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

2006-03-04 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Sterling K. Webb -- - Original Message - From: "ks1u" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "tracy latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI Tr

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

2006-03-04 Thread ks1u
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

[meteorite-list] OT: 1859 aurora in HI

2006-03-04 Thread tracy latimer
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 au