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Solar Activity 79:134 (2008-003)
VI: Yerkes Observatory
Five views of a solar prominence photographed between 17 and 18 March 1910 showing rapid change. Astronomer Frederick Slocum who captured the images stated these resembled a grove of banyan trees.
Sun--Surface | Solar prominences | Solar phenomena | Spectroheliograms
Slocum, Frederick, 1873-1944
1910-03-17/1910-03-18
Lantern slides; 7.0 x 5.3 cm
Archival Photographic Files
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
apf6-02333

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