Total solar eclipse, 1851. Engraving (right) of the total solar eclipse viewed by British astronomer Richard Christopher Carrington (1826-1875) from L

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Total solar eclipse, 1851. Engraving (right) of the total solar eclipse viewed by British astronomer Richard Christopher Carrington (1826-1875) from Lilla Edet, Sweden, on 28th July 1851. The disc of the Moon (black) is covering the disc of the Sun (white) so that only the Sun's corona (atmosphere) is visible. Accompanying this engraving are diagrams (left) showing the features of the Sun that appeared as the eclipse progressed, including Baily's beads, a phenomenon discovered in 1836, and solar prominences.

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