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Feb 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998taas....2..889h&link_type=abstract
NASA University Research Centers Technical Advances in Aeronautics, Space Sciences and Technology, Earth Systems Sciences, Globa
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Observation, Solar Radiation, Brightness, Astronomical Observatories, Irradiance, Photometry, Solar Activity, Solar Energy, Telescopes, Climate Change, Data Acquisition, Magnetic Variations, Sunspot Cycle, Atmospheric Temperature, Auroras, Radiant Flux Density, Radiometers
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Does the Sun's energy output vary with time? Are observable climatic changes on the earth caused by changes in the Sun? Can we gain greater insight into this relation-ship by studying other stars with properties similar to the Sun's? In recent years, satellite observations have shown that the solar irradiance varies in phase with the 1 l-year sunspot cycle. The Sun is brighter by about O.l% at the peak of the sunspot cycle when solar magnetic activity is at its maximum. Over longer intervals, changes in the cart h's climate and solar magnetic activity seem to be correlated. We are using automatic photoelectric telescopes to measure brightness changes in a sample of 150 Sun-like stars. Lowell Observatory astronomers have also observed about 30 of these same stars with a manual telescope in a program that began 10 years before ours. Since these two data sets were acquired with different instruments and so have significant systematic differences, we developed software to combine them accurately and, therefore, extend our observational time coverage. We show sample results of brightness variations over 14 years in several Sun-like stars with different ages. Longitudinal studies like these, combined with cross-sectional studies of the larger sample of stars, may eventually allow us to infer with confidence the Sun's long-term brightness history and its impact on the earth's climate.
Henry Gregory W.
Henry Stephen M.
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