solarastro Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Was Hale the first to discover the magnetic setup in sunspots by accident, seem to remember reading that from somewhere?Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Yes, George Ellery Hale did indeed discover that sunspots are a magnetic phenomenon, but I would doubt if this was accidental, since he was using a modified spectroheliograph known as a magnetograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarastro Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks.Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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