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Solar Spots Visible to the Naked Eye

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OWING to the smoke and clouds which generally obscure the sky at Glasgow, opportunities to observe the phenomena of the heavens are very rare.

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M'CLURE, R. Solar Spots Visible to the Naked Eye. Nature 1, 431 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001431a0

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