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Eight decades of solar research at Mount Wilson

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The Mount Wilson solar program has figured prominently in the field of solar physics throughout this century. This review describes the development of the instrumentation and the progress of the research at Mount Wilson from 1904 to 1984.

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Howard, R. Eight decades of solar research at Mount Wilson. Sol Phys 100, 171–187 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158427

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