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Old Sunspot Records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

V.R. Venugopal
V.R. Venugopal*
Affiliation:
Radio Astronomy Centre (TIFR) P.O. Box 8, Udhagamandalam-643 001, India

Abstract

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The works of Eddy (1976) and Clark and Stephenson (1978) on the ancient sunspot records are reviewed and a plea is made for the search for ancient records of astronomical events and phenomena in India.

Type
Mediaeval Astronomy
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 91: History of Oriental Astronomy , 1987 , pp. 261 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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