A note on the sunspot and prominence records made by Angelo Secchi during the period 1871–1875

Abstract

Angelo Secchi (1818–1878) was an Italian Jesuit who made relevant scientific contributions in geophysics, meteorology, and astrophysics. He was a well-known pioneer in solar physics due to his theories and observations. Secchi published Le Soleil (The Sun) a summary of knowledge about our star in that time. Moreover, he published in this book his sunspot and prominence observations made during the period 1871–1875. In this work, we present a machine-readable version of these observations and a preliminary analysis of them.

Keywords

• sunspots
• prominences
• solar activity
• historical records
• angelo secchi