Total solar eclipse, 1842. Engraving of the total solar eclipse viewed by British astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844) from Pavia, Italy, on 8th July
Total solar eclipse, 1842. Engraving of the total solar eclipse viewed by British astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844) from Pavia, Italy, on 8th July 1842. The disc of the Moon (black) is covering the disc of the Sun (white) so that only the Sun's corona (atmosphere) is visible. This is Baily's first drawing of solar prominences (pink protrusions). Francis Baily is known for his 1836 discovery of beads of sunlight that appear during an eclipse, caused by the Moon's cratered surface, which he named Baily's beads.
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