2.7.1 https://spdx.org/licenses/ SPDX CC0-1.0 https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions spase://NASA/Catalog/CarringtonEvent/AuroralSightings NASA Catalog List of 1859 Great Magnetic Storm Auroral Observations, this list is composed of two closely spaced massive worldwide auroral events. The first began on August 28th, 1859, and the second began on September 2nd, 1859. The 2nd event is known as the Carrington Event, where a white-light solar flare associated with this event was observed by Carrington and Hodgson at separte observatories. 2026-02-02T13:10:21Z 2023-03-28T12:34:56.789 Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata 2023-08-16T21:22:02 Updated description, added additional reference, tried to update to 2.6.0 but failed so reverted back to 2.5.0, revised by SAB 20230816 2026-02-02T13:10:21Z Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB List of 1859 Great Magnetic Storm Auroral Observations. 2nd event is also known as the Carrington Event. spase://SMWG/Person/James.L.Green PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Scott.Boardsen CoInvestigator MetadataContact Green, J. L. and Boardsen, S. (2006). Duration and extent of the great auroral storm of 1859. Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 38(2), 130-135. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.asr.2005.08.054 This list of observation times and locations was complied for and used in this paper. Green, J. L. and Boardsen, S., Odenwald, S., Humble, J. and Pazamickas, K. A. (2006). Eyewitness reports of the great auroral storm of 1859. Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 38(2), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.021 Eyewitness reports base upon this database. GIF Movie of Carrington Event observations in both Hemispheres: Green and Boardsen (2006) https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/event_lists/carrington_event_1859_auroral_sightings/aurora_both_hemispheres_1859.gif This list of observation times and locations is used to create the movie. Orange dots visual sightings of aurora, blue dots telegraph stations whose operations where impacted. GIF Movie of Carrington Event observations folded into Northern Hemisphere: Green and Boardsen (2006) https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/event_lists/carrington_event_1859_auroral_sightings/aurora_map_to_northern_hemisphere_1859.gif This list of observation times and locations is used to create the movie. Orange dots visual sightings of aurora, blue dots telegraph stations whose operations where impacted. spase://NASA/Catalog/Carrington_Event/Great_Magnetic_Storm_of_1859_List_of_Auroral_Sightings spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF https://spdx.org/licenses/ SPDX CC0-1.0 https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products List of Auroral Observations in TXT https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/event_lists/carrington_event_1859_auroral_sightings/Great_Magnetic_Storm_of_1859_List_of_Auroral_Sightings.txt Text spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF https://spdx.org/licenses/ SPDX CC0-1.0 https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products List of Auroral Observations in CSV https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/event_lists/carrington_event_1859_auroral_sightings/Great_Magnetic_Storm_of_1859_List_of_Auroral_Sightings.csv CSV Aurora 1859-08-28T00:00:00 1859-09-04T00:00:00