Astrognome Scrapbook Aurora 1366

Aurora Jan 12^th 1366

It was reported by John of Reading that during the night of Jan 12^th 1366 that two great auroras were observed from England.

 “It appeared in western parts an excessive redness covered the whole of the sky after sunset to the east, emitting from itself backwards moving rays, now blood red, now fiery and white, it illuminated the land with the buildings on it like the prospect of day, in which the stars twinkled”