Evidence of a White-Light Flare on 10 September 1886

Vaquero, J. M.; Vázquez, M.; Sánchez Almeida, J.
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Solar Physics, Volume 292, Issue 2, article id. #33, 7 pp.

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We present evidence of the occurrence of a white-light flare on 10 September 1886. It represents the third such rare event reported in the history of astronomy. The flare was mentioned by Valderrama ( L'Astronomie 5, 388, 1886). In this article we have used the original logbook of the observer, J. Valderrama y Aguilar, an amateur astronomer who lived in Madrid and Santa Cruz de Tenerife at that time.