The Sun Recorded Through History Scientific Data Extracted from Historical Documents /

• Main Authors: Vz̀quez, M. (Author), Vaquero, J.M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 361
• Subjects: Physics.; Meteorology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Meteorology/Climatology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92790-9

The Sun Recorded Through History is a text that reconstructs past solar activity based on information from historical documents, complementing studies using other techniques. Historical accounts describing phenomena related to solar activity, such as aurorae, sunspots, and corona observed during sol...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Sun
• Naked-eye Sunspots
• Solar Drawings
• Solar Eclipses
• The Solar Diameter and the Astronomical Unit
• Terrestrial Aurorae and Solar-Terrestrial Relations
• Reconstruction of Solar Activity During the Telescopic Era
• Index.