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J. W. Pastorff - 1819

England.
Observations from 1819 to 1833.
1,477 drawings.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives.


Charles H. Adams - 1819

England.
Observations from August 1819 to March 1822.
977 drawings.
Drawings in Royal Astronomical Society archives?


Samuel Heinrich Schwabe - 1825

Germany.
Observations from October 30, 1825 to 1868.
9,000+ drawings.
1.25 and 2.5 inch aperture refractors, 3.5 and 6-foot FL.
Observation method: attenuated eyepiece, drawn to 2.1 inch circle.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives.


Rev. T. J. Hussey - 1826

England.
Observations from 1826 to 1837.
1,207 drawings.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives.


Henry Lawson - 1831

England.
Observations from August 1831 to 1832.
200 drawings.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives.


Capt. Charles Shea - 1847

England.
Observations from 1847 to 1866.
5,538 drawings.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives.


Rev. Temple Chevallier - 1847

England.
Observations from 1847 to 1849.
Unknown number of observations.
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives?
Drawing example.


William Cranch Bond - 1847

United States.
Observations from August 1847 to December 1849.
200+ drawings.
Refractor.
Observation method: eyepiece projection.
Observations published in: Observations of Solar Spots, 1847-1849,
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, Vol. VII, 1871.
Drawing example.


Joseph Turnbull - 1851

England.
Observations from March 22 to October 2, 1851.
Drawings in Royal Astronomical Society Archives?


Richard Christopher Carrington - 1853

Redhill, England.
Observations from November 9, 1853 to March 24, 1861.
1,215 drawings.
4.5-inch, f/11 refractor.
Observation method: eyepiece projection, 11-inch image.
Drawings in Royal Astronomical Society Archives?
Observations Published in: Observation of the Spots on the Sun, Richard Carrington, 1863.
Page example.


Rev. Frederick Howlett - 1859

England.
Observations from 1859 to 1894.
766 drawings.
3-inch refractor.
Eyepiece projection method to screen, 32-inch image.[!]
Drawings are in the Royal Astronomical Society Library archives, London.
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Johann Rudolf Wolf - 1866

Zurich, Switzerland.
Observations from 1866 to 1893.
7,000+ drawings?
80mm f/14 Fraunhofer refractor.
Observation method: Eyepiece projection, 25cm image.
Drawing example from Zurich (not Wolf's).
Ref.


Fr. Angelo Secchi - 1871

Rome, Italy.
Observations from 1871 to 1877
1,500 drawings.
Drawing examples: 1, 2.
Ref.


Fr. Stephen Joseph Perry - 1875

Stonyhurst College Observatory, England.
Observations from 1875 to ?
Drawings in Royal Astronomical Society Archives?
Drawing example - Detail.


P. Julius Fenyi, S. P., Haynald Observatory, Kalocsa - 1880

Hungary.
Observations from June 9, 1880 to May 13, 1919.
6,092 drawings by Fenyi, Schreiber, and other observers.
10 cm refractor.
Observation method: eyepiece projection, 22cm image.
Drawings archived at Heliophysical Observatory, Debrecen, Hungary.
Contact: Dr. Andras Ludmany
Drawing example.
Ref.


David E. Hadden - 1890

Alta, Iowa, United States.
Observations from 1890 to ?.
67+ drawings.
Drawing example.


George Ellery Hale,Kenwood Observatory - 1891

United States. - 1891
Observations from June 27, 1891 to April 2, 1892.
58 full-disk drawings, 22mm or 50mm dia.
12-inch Brashear refractor?
Observation method: direct using attentuated eyepiece?
Original drawings in L.S.Webster collection.
Drawing examples: 1, 2, 3.
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Osservatorio Astrofisico Catania - 1893

Italy.
Observations from 1893 to present?
150mm, f/15 refractor.
Observation method: eyepiece projection.
Drawings in observatory archives?
Drawing example.
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