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Page 48
... disks like the sun , laid side by side , would make a half circle of the celestial sphere . It seems a little larger to us in winter than in summer , as we are 3,000,000 miles nearer it . If we represent the luminous surface of the sun ...
... disks like the sun , laid side by side , would make a half circle of the celestial sphere . It seems a little larger to us in winter than in summer , as we are 3,000,000 miles nearer it . If we represent the luminous surface of the sun ...
Page 50
... disk will appear to us perfectly distinct and circular , and with no spot to dim its brightness . If we use , however , a telescope of moderate power , taking the precaution properly to shield the eye with a colored eye - piece , we ...
... disk will appear to us perfectly distinct and circular , and with no spot to dim its brightness . If we use , however , a telescope of moderate power , taking the precaution properly to shield the eye with a colored eye - piece , we ...
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... disk is clear . During a period of ten years , observations were made on 1982 days , on 372 of which there were no spots seen . As many as two hundred spots have been noticed at one time . They are found in two belts , one on each side ...
... disk is clear . During a period of ten years , observations were made on 1982 days , on 372 of which there were no spots seen . As many as two hundred spots have been noticed at one time . They are found in two belts , one on each side ...
Page 53
... divided by luminous bridges . The spots are in motion . - They change from day to day ; but they all have a common movement . About fourteen days are required for a spot to pass across the disk of the sun from the eastern sido. THE SUN .
... divided by luminous bridges . The spots are in motion . - They change from day to day ; but they all have a common movement . About fourteen days are required for a spot to pass across the disk of the sun from the eastern sido. THE SUN .
Page 54
... disk . - A spot is seen on the eastern limb ; day by day it progresses , with a grad- nally increasing rapidity , until it reaches the cen- Fig . 7 . CHANGE IN SPOTS AS THEY CROSS THE DISK . tre ; it now gradually loses its rapidity ...
... disk . - A spot is seen on the eastern limb ; day by day it progresses , with a grad- nally increasing rapidity , until it reaches the cen- Fig . 7 . CHANGE IN SPOTS AS THEY CROSS THE DISK . tre ; it now gradually loses its rapidity ...
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