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Janssen and the Sun in Its Majesty: The Eclipse of 1871

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The Astronomer Jules Janssen

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“Tout d’abord l’auréole. Cercle plus ou moins lumineux qui entoure le disque noir de la lune et qui s’étend souvent à des distances considérables du disque. Ces rayons forment la gloire du Soleil éclipsé”.

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Notes

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    These were the famous “Baily’s Beads”, which were first described by that astronomer in 1836.

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    We now know that it is nothing of the sort, and quite the contrary, because the temperature of the corona is greater than a million degrees [°C], whereas that of the chromosphere is only about 6000 degrees [°C].

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Launay, F. (2012). Janssen and the Sun in Its Majesty: The Eclipse of 1871. In: The Astronomer Jules Janssen. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 380. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0697-6_6

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