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CHROMOSPHERE (from Gr. xpwµa, colour, and vqSaipa, a sphere)

CHROMOSPHERE (from Gr. xpwµa, See also:
COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)
colour, and vqSaipa, a See also:
SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)
sphere) , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the red-coloured envelope of the See also:

sun, outside of the photosphere . It can be seen with the See also:

eye at the beginning or ending of a See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of the sun, and with a suitable spectroscope at any See also:

time under favourable conditions .

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