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ECLIPSE The obscuring of one celestial body by another. Related terms: lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
ECLIPTIC The sun's apparent path across the sky that tracks a circle through the celestial sphere.

 


ECLIPSE
The obscuring of one celestial body by another.
ECLIPTIC
The sun's apparent path across the sky that tracks a circle through the celestial sphere.

eclipse: solar=partial to total darkening of sun due to moon coming between Earth and sun, lunar=partial to total darkening due to Earth casting its shadow on a full moon.

eclipse: when one celestial body, such as the sun or the moon, hides another from view.

Eclipse The partial or total apparent darkening of the sun when the moon comes between the sun and the Earth (solar eclipse), or the darkening of the moon when the full moon is in the Earth's shadow (lunar eclipse).

LUNAR ECLIPSE An eclipse of the moon occurs when the earth is in a direct line between the sun and the moon. The moon does not have any light of its own, instead, it reflects the sun's light.

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F CoronaIn solar-terrestrial terms, of the white-light corona (that is, the corona seen by the eye at a total solar eclipse), that portion which is caused by sunlight scattered or reflected by solid particles (dust) in inter-planetary space.

K AMSCold Air MassK CoronaIn solar-terrestrial terms, of the white-light corona (that is, the corona seen by the eye at a total solar eclipse), ...

coronagraph"An instrument for photographing the corona and prominences of the sun at times other than at solar eclipse. An occulting disk is used to block out the image of the body of the sun in the focal plane of the objective lens.

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