Our star not only brings us light and life, it's also fascinated humans throughout history: we worshipped it as a god, tracked its passage across our skies, and tried to understand it and predict its behavior. Click on the images below to find out more about the cultural and historical aspects of our Sun. |
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/sunspots.html |
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/instruments/telescope.html |
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/sp/great_moments.html#gm_1610 http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/sp/great_moments.2.html#gm_1645 |
http://nineplanets.org/psc/hist1.html |