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Solar corona and prominences 1860 (1870)Solar corona and prominences 1860. Observations made by the English astronomer Warren de la Rue ( 1815-1889) at Rivabellosa in Spain during the total solar eclipse, 18 July 1860
Christopher Scheiners illustration of his idea of the surface of the sun, 1635. German astronomer and mathematician Scheiner (1573-1650)
Medal commemorating Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer, French and English astronomers, 1868Medal commemorating Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer, French and English astronomers, 1868. In 1868, working independently of each other on spectroscopic studies of solar prominences
Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer, French and English astronomers, 1868. Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen (1824-1907), left, and Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920)
The solar spectrum, 1814. Joseph von Fraunhofers (1787-1826) drawing of the lines of the solar spectrum, and above it a curve showing the intensity of sunlight in different parts of the spectrum
Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist, c1895. Fraunhofer (1787-1826) founded an optical institute at Munich in 1807. His improvements to prisms
Solar flare. This was one of the most spectacular solar flares ever recorded, spanning more than 588, 000 km across the solar surface
Half-title of Rosa Ursina, by Christopher Scheiner, 1630. German astronomer and mathematician Scheiner (1573-1650) used telescopes invented by Galileo to make over 2000 observations of the Sun
Solar eruption. Solar flares, or prominences, are massive eruptions of ionized hydrogen gas, often larger than the Earth, which arch away from the surface of the Sun
X-ray image of a solar flare. Solar flares, or prominences, are massive eruptions of ionized hydrogen gas, often larger than the Earth, which arch away from the surface of the Sun
Sunspots and solar prominences, 1973. Image from Skylabs solar telescope. Sunspots are relatively cool areas on the Suns surface, the photosphere
