1. Portuguese eyewitness accounts of the great space weather event of 1582
- Author
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Víctor Manuel Sánchez Carrasco, José Manuel Vaquero, and Leon Golub
- Subjects
Atmospheric Science ,extreme events ,History ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Event (relativity) ,Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) ,Space weather ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,Physics - Popular Physics ,History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,media_common ,aurora ,portugal ,language.human_language ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Sky ,language ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Portuguese ,historical records ,solar activity ,Cartography - Abstract
Newly discovered descriptions about the great aurora observed in March 1582 are presented in this work. These records were made by Portuguese observers from Lisbon. Both records described the aurora like a great fire in the northern part of the sky. It was observed during three consecutive nights, according to one of the sources. Thus, we present a discussion of these auroral records in order to complement other works that studied the aurora sighted in March 1582.
- Published
- 2020