Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.12582

    Solar observation

    Date
    1864
    Creator
    Warren De la Rue (1815 - 1889, British) , Astronomer
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 127mm
    width (print): 114mm
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       > Solar system
          > Sun
    Description
    Astronomical view of sunspots taken on 8 April 1864.

    Astronomical photograph from Kew Observatory Sunspot measurements from 24 January 1864 to 9 April 1872.

    Kew Observatory was maintained by the Royal Society for astronomical and magnetic observation. It became a centre for solar observation, with extended observation of sunspot activity by Warren de la Rue FRS, one of the pioneers of astronomical photography.

    Warren de la Rue (1815-1889) was a British astronomer and chemist he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1850.
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