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Analysis of Pre-Telescopic and Telescopic Sunspot Observations

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Secular Solar and Geomagnetic Variations in the Last 10,000 Years

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Sunspot data from the RGO series covering the period from 1874 to 1954 are analysed to show the asymmetric distribution of sunspot areas north and south of the solar equator. A detailed catalogue of naked-eye sunspots from Far Eastern annals is compiled from both the pre-telescopic and telescopic periods. Analysis of these fragmentary records indicates a mean period of about 10 years.

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Yau, K.K.C. (1988). Analysis of Pre-Telescopic and Telescopic Sunspot Observations. In: Stephenson, F.R., Wolfendale, A.W. (eds) Secular Solar and Geomagnetic Variations in the Last 10,000 Years. NATO ASI Series, vol 236. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3011-7_10

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