ABS201Y1 Lecture : Chapter 03.docx
26 Feb 2013
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Warren de la rue was another amateur astronomer and it was him who was the man responsible for the solar photography at the kew observatory. He took the solar camera that he financed to rivabellosa in. This was the first time anyone had ever attempted to take a picture of the fully eclipsed sun. They had no idea whether they could do it. In fact, they thought they would probably fail. But he still went and took the chance. They had to construct a makeshift observatory out of wood and covered it in tarpaulin to make a dark room. I am very pleased to say they got the picture. It sits today in the library of the royal astronomical. This is the first image ever taken of the solar atmosphere, and its important feature was a solar flare launching a big eruption of gas into space, like we can see on the soho images.
