[Sca-cooks] Re: Re: OT- Northern Lights in period?

[JAMES REVELLS]

Hej!
    I just read an article on radio reception in "The Grantville Gazette" 
(a shared universe SF book set in a town that goes back from 1999 to 1630's) 
about the conditions of the 1600's as far as sun spot activity goes.  It 
stated that there were very few sun spots at that time, so there would be 
few northern lights.  I don't have the book in front of me to quote, so I am 
not sure how early this goes, but it did state that there were detailed 
records kept, by the Chinese, of sun spots activity for hundreds of years 
before the 1600's date.
Pax,
Olaf
----- Original Message ----- 
> Hmmm. This is OT for this group, but does anyone know if we have any
> period writings or legends that mention the Northern Lights? Perhaps at
> least from the Norse? What did they say they were?
>
> Stefan
>