Sunspot drawings of H.S. Schwabe, 1869 - 1880
Scope and Contents
RGO 58 contains copies of drawings by H.S. Schwabe showing the location and grouping of sunspots during 5 November 1825 to 29 December 1867. The copies were made at the Kew Observatory, February- April 1880. They were traced by several different people and indexed and checked by H. McLaughlin and the Superintendent, G.M. Whipple. Each volume includes notes recording poor weather conditions, days when observations were not made and other information. There are also tables summarising the results for each year.
Dates
- Creation: 1869 - 1880
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Heinrich Samuel Schwabe (1789- 1874), a German astronomer, was born on 25 October 1789. He began a systematic survey of the Sun's surface in 1826, which culminated in the discovery in 1843 of a ten- year sunspot cycle (later shown by E.W. Maunder to be longer). Schwabe's work encouraged others to begin daily observations at Kew and elsewhere. He died on 11 April 1874.
Extent
14 volume(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were transferred to the RGO Archives by the Meteorological Office at Bracknell circa 1985.
General
This description was created by Robert Steiner, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives. It was emended by Dr Emma Saunders in Nov. 2016.
Originator(s)
Schwabe, Samuel Heinrich
Finding aid date
2007-05-18 12:59:04+00:00
Subject
- Schwabe, Samuel Heinrich, 1789 - 1875 (astronomer) (Person)
- Royal Observatory, Kew (Organization)
Topical
Repository Details
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