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Seventeenth-Century Solar Observations: Fundamental Results with Amateur Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

E. Ribes-Nesme  and
J.C. Ribes
E. Ribes-Nesme
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Section d’Astrophysique, 5, place Jules-Janssen, F-92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France
J.C. Ribes
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Section d’Astrophysique, 5, place Jules-Janssen, F-92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France

Abstract

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The equipment used by professional astronomers in past centuries was no better than that used by modern amateurs. Systematic observation of the Sun began in the 17th century and continuity of observations is very important for understanding the solar cycle.

Results obtained from historical observations were presented, in particular covering the Maunder Minimum.

Continued systematic observation is important for the understanding of long-term solar-terrestrial relations.

Type
Part I Historical
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 98: Stargazers: The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy , 1988 , pp. 50
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1988

References

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