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Revisiting Christoph Scheiner's Sunspot Records: a New Perspective on Solar Activity of the Early Telescopic Era
V. M. S. Carrasco, A. Muñoz-Jaramillo, M. C. Gallego +1
Christoph Scheiner was one of the most outstanding astronomers in the history of the sunspot observations. His book, Rosa Ursina, is the reference work regarding the study of the e…
Changes in heat waves characteristics over Extremadura (SW Spain)
F. J. Acero, M. I. Fernández-Fernández, V. M. S. Carrasco +4
Heat wave (HW) events are becoming more frequent, and they have important consequences because of the negative effects they can have not only on the human population in health term…
Re-calibration of the Sunspot Number: Status Report
F. Clette, L. Lefèvre, T. Chatzistergos +18
We report progress on the ongoing recalibration of the Wolf sunspot number (SN) and Group sunspot number (GN) following the release of version 2.0 of SN in 2015. This report consti…
Revisiting the Amplitude of Solar Cycle 9: The Case of Sunspot Observations by W.C. Bond
V. M. S. Carrasco, M. C. Gallego, R. Arlt +1
William Cranch Bond, director of the Harvard College Observatory in mid-19th century, carried out detailed sunspot observations during the period 1847-1849. We highlight Bond was t…
Sunspot Records by Antonio Colla just after the Dalton Minimum
V. M. S. Carrasco, C. Bertolin, F. Domínguez-Castro +3
Antonio Colla was a meteorologist and astronomer who made sunspot observations at the Meteorological Observatory of the Parma University (Italy). He carried out his sunspot records…
Soonspot: Software to Determine Areas and Sunspot Positions
P. Galaviz, V. M. S. Carrasco, F. Sánchez-Bajo +2
A new software (Soonspot) for the determination of the heliographic coordinates and areas of sunspots from solar images is presented. This program is very user-friendly and the acc…