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The solar storm of 1859 was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm during solar cycle 10 . A solar coronal mass ejection hit Earth's magnetosphere and induced one of the largest geomagnetic storms on record, September 1–2, 1859. The associated white light flare in the solar photosphere was observed and recorded by British astronomers Richard C. Carrington and Richard Hodgson . The now-standard unique IAU identifier for this flare is SOL1859-09-01. A solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage due to extended outages of the electrical grid. The solar storm of 2012 was of similar magnitu...
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