The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of the diameter) larger than the present ones. The enlargement is smaller (3’’) for the measurements performed during the 19th century. A question is : has the Sun reduced its diameter over the past three centuries, or is the reason of the difference located in the methods or the instruments employed during that period ? A comparison of about thirty series of measurements, obtained at various epochs, together with about 900 measurements in a similar way as they had been made in the past, show the necessity of instrumental corrections and among them, the effect of diffraction. When taken into account, one can consider the homogenized database over ...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
International audienceFor the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The solar diameter, and its possible variation, have been the subject of careful measurements for ov...
The solar diameter, and its possible variation, have been the subject of careful measurements for ov...
From time immemorial men have strived to measure the size of celestial bodies. Among them,...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Context. For the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius ha...
Context. For the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius ha...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
International audienceFor the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The 17th century measurements of the solar diameter show values which are of about 10’’ (0,5 % of th...
The solar diameter, and its possible variation, have been the subject of careful measurements for ov...
The solar diameter, and its possible variation, have been the subject of careful measurements for ov...
From time immemorial men have strived to measure the size of celestial bodies. Among them,...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Since more than twenty years, the Danjon astrolabe is used, under a modified variant, for observatio...
Context. For the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius ha...
Context. For the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius ha...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
The solar diameter has been measured since the 17th century, using different methods and instruments...
International audienceFor the past thirty years, modern ground-based time-series of the solar radius...