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2. Baily's beads - Wikipedia

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   The Baily's beads, diamond ring or more rarely double diamond ring effects, [1] are features of total and annular solar eclipses. Although caused by the same phenomenon, they are distinct events during these types of solar eclipses. As the Moon covers the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged topography of the lunar limb allows beads of ...

3. Beyond totality: Rare phenomena to watch out for during the ...

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   Eerie skies, a glistening “diamond ring effect,” Baily’s beads and a halo around the sun are some of the phases to watch for during the April 8 total solar eclipse.

4. Solar eclipse of July 8, 1842 - Wikipedia

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   A total solar eclipse occurred on July 8, 1842. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness.

5. More than the sun and moon converging is making this total ...

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   3:26 and 2 seconds - Baily's beads (lasts 5 seconds) 3:26 and 7 seconds to 3:29 and 26 seconds - TOTALITY (three minutes and 19 seconds in Burlington area. Only time when glasses and filters can ...

6. Total solar eclipse: Where and when it was most visible

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   Sky-gazers observed drops of sunlight forming around the moon, known as Baily’s beads, as sunlight streamed over the craters and valleys of the lunar surface.

7. Francis Baily - Wikipedia

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   Francis Baily (28 April 1774 – 30 August 1844) was an English astronomer.He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early history of the Royal Astronomical Society, as one of the founders and as the president four times.