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Historical Auroras in the 990s: Evidence for Great Magnetic Storms
Hisashi Hayakawa, Harufumi Tamazawa, Yurina Uchiyama +5
Recently, a significant carbon-14 enhancement in the year 994 in tree rings has been found, suggesting an extremely large cosmic ray flux event during a short period. The origin of…
Earliest Datable Records of Aurora-like Phenomena in the Astronomical Diaries from Babylonia
Hisashi Hayakawa, Yasuyuki Mitsuma, Yusuke Ebihara +4
The Astronomical Diaries from Babylonia (ADB) are an excellent source of information of natural phenomena, including astronomical ones, in pre-Christ era because it contains the re…
East Asian Observations of Low Latitude Aurora during the Carrington Magnetic Storm
Hisashi Hayakawa, Kiyomi Iwahashi, Harufumi Tamazawa +6
The magnetic storm around 1859 September 2, caused by so-called Carrington flare, was the most intense in the history of modern scientific observations, and hence is considered to…
Aurora Candidates from the Chronicle of Qīng Dynasty in Several Degrees of Relevance
Akito D. Kawamura, Hisashi Hayakawa, Harufumi Tamazawa +2
We present the result of the survey of sunspots and auroras in , the draft chronicle of dynasty, for the p…