[...]... to work on the fundamental positions of stars, and a principal source of stellar positions for most of the southern hemisphere stars John Goldingham (17 96 18 05, 18 12 18 30), T.G Taylor (18 30 18 48), W.S Jacob (18 49 18 58), and Norman R Pogson (18 61 18 91) were successive Government Astronomers who led the activities in Madras Scientific highlights of the work included a catalogue of 11 ,000 southern stars... With the help of his Indian assistants, Pogson measured accurate positions of about 50,000 stars from 18 61 until his death in 18 91 During this period, two total eclipses and one annular eclipse of the Sun were visible from India Pogson led teams to all three of them The first one of these, a total eclipse on 18 August 18 68, created an enormous interest amongst European astronomers and preparations for... glimpsed – but only if we do several things: if magnetic theorists and observers work together and genuinely listen to one another; if we appreciate the different gifts and experiences of our rich field – the Sun is so complex that we need each other for a full understanding, and only if the old and young communicate well E Priest ( ) School of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrews University, Scotland, UK... Hasan and R.J Rutten (eds.), Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, DOI 10 .10 07/978-3-642-02859-5 2, c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2 010 10 Opening Remarks 11 with each other – so, if you are one of the more experienced solar physicists, please take time to meet the many bright young scientists here this week In conclusion, I... to the D2 line of sodium and to the left of it was seen in the spectrum of the chromosphere Pogson’s hand-drawing of the line is shown in Fig 1 The discrepancy in the wavelength of this line with the sodium line was confirmed by Norman Lockyer, who could not ascribe it to any known terrestrial element This observation, in fact, marks the discovery of helium During the same eclipse, observations of the. .. by the Madras Observatory in 18 44 under Taylor’s direction using the new 5-ft transit instrument The observatory had recently acquired a transit circle by Troughton and Simms, which was mounted and ready for use in 18 62 Norman Pogson, a well known astronomer whose name is associated with the modern definition of the magnitude scale and who had considerable experience with transit instruments in England,... formidable young lady (Carol Jordan), and I remember well his visit to St Andrews in 19 86 The Sun has many secrets, which he is challenging us to unravel here – about the intimate and subtle way that the magnetic field and plasma are coupled and the way that the solar interior and atmosphere are linked by the magnetic field We have a cope of breakthroughs in understanding the incredible solar magnetic world... India S.S Hasan and R.J Rutten (eds.), Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, DOI 10 .10 07/978-3-642-02859-5 3, c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2 010 12 Solar Physics at the Kodaikanal Observatory: A Historical Perspective 13 and Vunpurthy further east This eclipse is of great historical significance as it was the first time when... Republication of: Radial Movement in Sunspots S.S Hasan Reproduced below is the original discovery paper on the radial motion in sunspots by John Evershed published in Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletin No 15 , 19 09 S.S Hasan ( ) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India S.S Hasan and R.J Rutten (eds.), Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun, Astrophysics and Space Science... .536 Conference Photograph xv xvi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Conference Photograph Robert J Rutten 35 K B Ramesh 36 K Nagaraju 37 A Satyanarayanan 38 Vasco Henriques 39 Procheta C V Mallik 40 David G Rathinavelu 41 Rohan Eugene Louis 42 Oskar Steiner 43 Gautam Narayan 44 Morten Franz 45 K Ichimoto . initiate observations of the sun. This conference on Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun during 2–5 December 2008 was planned to coincide with centenary of the Evershed. depiction of magnetoconvection, magnetic field extrapolation, CMEs, flares, coronal heating, and so on. Spread over four days, the meeting consisted of nine scientific sessions on the following: 1. . x0 y0 w1 h0" alt="" Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun Proceedings of the Conference “Centenary Commemoration of the Discovery