Articles | Volume 36, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1153-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1153-2018
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29 Aug 2018
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Sporadic auroras near the geomagnetic equator: in the Philippines, on 27 October 1856

Hisashi Hayakawa, José M. Vaquero, and Yusuke Ebihara

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A record has been found of an "aurora" observed on 27 October 1856 in the Philippines, practically at the magnetic equator. An analysis of this report indicates that it could belong to a "sporadic aurora" because of low magnetic activity at that time. We provide a possible physical mechanism that could explain the appearance of this sporadic, low-latitude aurora, according to the analyses on the observational report and magnetic observations at that time.