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Last Post 3/10/2006 8:06 AM by Terry Kucera

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Jim Stryder

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3/10/2006 7:47 AM
LeAnn B, Who first observed sunspots? I've heard that Galileo did, but then someone said the ancient asians, maybe chinese? Who's right, I can't find anything about ancient chinese?

Terry Kucera

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3/10/2006 8:06 AM
Hi LeAnn, The Chinese were observing sunspots a long time ago - long before Galileo. Galileo is the first person we know of who made a point of observing them very systematically with a telescope and leaving a careful record of it. Here is some information about it from Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.e...sunspot_history.html The first plausible recorded sunspot: observationhttp://www.hao.ucar.edu/P...imeline.A.html#800bc cheers, Terry