Aurora records in the Spanish newspaper Extremadura for the period 1923–2017
Constantino Sánchez Romero,Lucía Díaz-Condiño,Irene Tovar Hernández,Alejandro Jesús Pérez Aparicio,Víctor Manuel Sánchez Carrasco,María Cruz Gallego Herrezuelo,and José Manuel Vaquero
Constantino Sánchez Romero
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Lucía Díaz-Condiño
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Irene Tovar Hernández
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Alejandro Jesús Pérez Aparicio
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Instituto Universitario de Investigación del Agua, Cambio Climático y Sostenibilidad (IACYS), Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory (EaRSLab) and Center for Sci-Tech Research in EArth sysTem and Energy-CREATE, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada (IIFA), Universidade de Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
This article collects and analyzes reports of auroras published in the Extremadura newspaper from 1923 to 2017. We identified 31 news items describing these events, including major auroras in 1926, 1938, 1957, and 1991. This research highlights the value of newspapers in reconstructing past solar activity.
This article collects and analyzes reports of auroras published in the Extremadura newspaper...