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The Footnote June 24, 2026 · Royal Greenwich Observatory

The Solar Photographer Who Discovered That Sunspots Move Toward the Equator Through Each Cycle

Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder was a Cambridge-trained mathematician who spent thirty years at the Royal Greenwich Observatory photographing the Sun. She discovered the substantive equator-ward drift of sunspots through the solar cycle and co-authored the historical work that gave her husband Edward Maunder credit for what should have been a joint discovery.

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