▁even ▁phen omena ▁observed ▁vis ually ▁during ▁solar ▁e cli ps es ▁are ▁now ▁understood ▁as ▁essentially ▁the ▁same ▁thing . ▁ ▁The ▁largest ▁geom agnet ic ▁perturb ation , ▁resulting ▁pres umably ▁from ▁a ▁" pre histor ic " ▁C ME , ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁first - ob ser ved ▁solar ▁f lare , ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 . ▁The ▁f lare ▁was ▁observed ▁vis ually ▁by ▁Richard ▁Christopher ▁Car r ington ▁and ▁the ▁geom agnet ic ▁storm ▁was ▁observed ▁with ▁the ▁recording ▁magnet ograph ▁at ▁K ew ▁Gard ens . ▁The ▁same ▁instrument ▁recorded ▁a ▁c rot ch et , ▁an ▁instant aneous ▁perturb ation ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ' s ▁ion os phere ▁by ▁ion izing ▁soft ▁X - ray s . ▁This ▁could ▁not ▁easily ▁be ▁understood ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁because ▁it ▁pred ated ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁X - ray s ▁( by ▁Ro ent gen ) ▁and ▁the ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁ion os phere ▁( by ▁Kenn elly ▁and ▁He av is ide ). ▁ ▁Ex otic ▁X - ray ▁sources ▁ ▁A ▁micro qu as ar ▁is ▁a ▁smaller ▁cousin ▁of ▁a ▁qu as ar ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁radio ▁em itting ▁X - ray ▁binary , ▁with ▁an ▁often ▁resol v able ▁pair ▁of ▁radio ▁j ets . ▁L SI + 6 1 ° 3 0 3 ▁is ▁a ▁periodic , ▁radio - em itting ▁binary ▁system ▁that ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁g amma - ray ▁source , ▁CG 1 3 5 + 0 1 .