USTC LECTURES ON ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE NO.2

The 18 August 1868 Total Solar Eclipse:

A Watershed Event in the History of Solar Physics

中国科大天文学历史与遗产系列讲座（二）

1868年8月18日的日全食：太阳物理学史上的分水岭事件

Lecture Abstract

In the history of astronomy, the total solar eclipse of 18 August 1868 is regarded as a watershed event that led to major breakthroughs in solar physics, thanks largely to the application of photography, spectroscopy and polariscopy.  

In this lecture we will discuss some of the astronomers who were sited in India, examine their instruments and their ground-breaking observations, and reveal the true discoverer of helium.  

Lecturers

Wayne Orchiston & Darunee Lingling Orchiston

Time

14:00--16:00 (GMT+8), 4 February 2023

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