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Record 1 1978-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

Cooler layer of thinner gases in the sun's atmosphere, just above the photosphere; it produces the dark lines in the sun's spectrum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

(...) couche extérieure du Soleil formée de vapeurs, et dont l'effet est de faire apparaître en noir dans le spectre solaire les raies des matériaux portés à une très haute température et qui émettent normalement ces mêmes raies brillantes.

Spanish

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