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A Spot on the Sun

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jan 20, 1853

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 3, No. 18.

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A Spot on the Sun.

A WRITER in the Delaware Republican, calls attention to an unusually large spot on the sun, which may be seen through smoked or colored glass. The writer adds: "By a rough measurement of the present spot, I found its diameter to be about thirty-three thousand miles, consequently, occupying an area on the sun's surface of eight hundred millions of square miles, equal to four times the superficial contents of the earth. The spot was visible this morning, and quantities of smoked glass were called into requisition in consequence."