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Aurorae Observed at the Canary Islands

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Descriptions of eleven aurorae observed in the Canary Islands during the period 1770 – 2010 have been found in different documents. Most of them are coincident with periods of strong solar activity, with the geomagnetic latitude playing a minor role. Coronal mass ejections are the most probable solar source of these low-latitude events. The absence of low-latitude aurorae is verified in our sample during the Dalton Minimum and the first half of the twentieth century.

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  1. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38200, La Laguna, Spain

    M. Vázquez

  2. Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, 38205, La Laguna, Spain

    M. Vázquez

  3. Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. Santa Teresa de Jornet 38, 06800, Mérida, Spain

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Vázquez, M., Vaquero, J.M. Aurorae Observed at the Canary Islands. Sol Phys 267, 431–444 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-010-9650-0

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