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CHROMOSPHERE (from Gr. xpwµa, colour, and vqSaipa, a sphere) , in astronomy, the red-coloured envelope of theSee also: sun, outside of the photosphere
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It can be seen with the See also: eye at the beginning or ending of a See also: total eclipse of the sun, and with a suitable spectroscope at any See also: time under favourable conditions
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