The Sun Recorded Through History; Preface; Contents; The Sun; Naked-Eye Sunspots; Solar Drawings; Solar Eclipses; The Solar Diameter and the Astronomical Unit; Terrestrial Aurorae and Solar -- Terrestrial Relations; Reconstruction of Solar Activity During the Telescopic Era; Index
Summary
The reconstruction of past solar activity may be also complemented by the study of historical accounts. This book describes how these events can be used to obtain information on parameters as solar rotation (sunspot drawings), coronal structure (aurorae and total eclipses) and radius determinations (total eclipses)
