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flash spectrum
Flash spectrum of the Sun during a solar eclipse.
Image: Harvard College Observatory

An emission spectrum of the solar chromosphere, obtained by placing an objective prism in front of the telescopic lens the instant before or after totality in a solar eclipse.


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