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Last post 03-10-2006 9:06 AM by Terry Kucera. 1 replies.
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  • 03-10-2006 8:47 AM

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    LeAnn B,

     

    Who first observed sunspots? I've heard that Galileo did, but then someone said the ancient asians, maybe chinese? Who's right, I can't find anything about ancient chinese?

     

     

  • 03-10-2006 9:06 AM In reply to

    • Terry Kucera
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    Re: sunspots

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    Hi LeAnn,
    The Chinese were observing sunspots a long time ago - long before Galileo. Galileo is the first person we know of who made a point of observing them very systematically with a telescope and leaving a careful record of it.

    Here is some information about it from Windows to the Universe:
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/sun/activity/sunspot_history.html

    The first plausible recorded sunspot: observationhttp://www.hao.ucar.edu/Public/education/Timeline.A.html#800bc

    cheers,
    Terry
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