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Term: coronagraph
Definition:

An optical device that makes it possible to observe the corona at times other than during an eclipse. A simple lens focuses the Sun onto an occulting disk that prevents the light from the solar disk from proceeding farther along the optical path, effectively providing an artificial eclipse.

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Term: coronagraph
Definition:

A telescope, or attachment to a telescope, that blocks the light of a star (Sun) inside the instrument field of view so that regions near the star (Sun), particularly the atmosphere or solar corona, can be viewed

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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