Astronomy, a handy manual for students and others (1918)
Dyson, Frank Watson, Sir, 1868-1939 · New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 131
aureole surrounding the eclipsedSun. It is of a pearly white colour, and brightestclose to the Moons dark limb. It is of a very com-plex form, which is only well shown by a series ofphotographs taken during the few minutes of totaleclipse, A short exposure shows detail near the Sun, 120 ASTRONOMY… … Suns Corona i£ Diag. LIX. Suns Corona icjor. means of the spectroscope, a faint continuous spec-trum is found such as would be given by incandescentsolids or liquids, and also some bright lines causedby glowing gases. If the light of the corona wereto any extent reflected sunlight, then its…
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