Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico

Two sunspot observations recorded by the Mexican Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros have been revealed from a manuscript. One sunspot group was recorded on 9th January 1777 and four sunspot groups on 29th December 1777. Both records were taken during the observation of solar eclipses from Mexico City and...

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Main Authors: Domínguez-Castro Fernando, Gallego María Cruz, Vaquero José Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
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Sun
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017012
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spelling doaj-636d52e5f9dd4038b8d405b6339b2eea2021-03-02T08:59:41ZengEDP SciencesJournal of Space Weather and Space Climate2115-72512017-01-017A1510.1051/swsc/2017012swsc170009Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in MexicoDomínguez-Castro FernandoGallego María CruzVaquero José ManuelTwo sunspot observations recorded by the Mexican Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros have been revealed from a manuscript. One sunspot group was recorded on 9th January 1777 and four sunspot groups on 29th December 1777. Both records were taken during the observation of solar eclipses from Mexico City and their description also included sketches of the solar disk with sunspots. The sunspot group corresponding to 9th January was also observed by Erasmus Lievog. The observation on 29th December 1777 is the only record corresponding to this date.https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017012Historical recordsSunspotSolar activitySunSolar cycle
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author Domínguez-Castro Fernando
Gallego María Cruz
Vaquero José Manuel
spellingShingle Domínguez-Castro Fernando
Gallego María Cruz
Vaquero José Manuel
Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Historical records
Sunspot
Solar activity
Sun
Solar cycle
author_facet Domínguez-Castro Fernando
Gallego María Cruz
Vaquero José Manuel
author_sort Domínguez-Castro Fernando
title Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
title_short Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
title_full Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
title_fullStr Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th January and 29th December of 1777 in Mexico
title_sort sunspots sketches during the solar eclipses of 9th january and 29th december of 1777 in mexico
publisher EDP Sciences
series Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
issn 2115-7251
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Two sunspot observations recorded by the Mexican Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros have been revealed from a manuscript. One sunspot group was recorded on 9th January 1777 and four sunspot groups on 29th December 1777. Both records were taken during the observation of solar eclipses from Mexico City and their description also included sketches of the solar disk with sunspots. The sunspot group corresponding to 9th January was also observed by Erasmus Lievog. The observation on 29th December 1777 is the only record corresponding to this date.
topic Historical records
Sunspot
Solar activity
Sun
Solar cycle
url https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017012
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