Max Waldmeier
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Max Waldmeier
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Max Waldmeier was a Swiss astronomer, known for his research on sunspots. As director of the Zurich Observatory until 1980, Waldmeier insisted on counting sunspots by eye over automated methods, using a Fraunhofer refracting telescope installed by Zurich Observatory director Rudolf Wolf in 1849.
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Swiss astronomer
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2024-02-03T22:35:09Z
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