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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used to make spectroheliograms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A specialized spectrograph, invented independently by Hale in the United States and by Deslandres in Paris about 1892, for the purpose of photographing the sun by monochromatic light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astrophysics) An apparatus for making spectroheliograms, consisting of a spectroscopic camera used in combination with a telescope, and provided with clockwork for moving the sun's image across the slit.
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- noun astronomy an
instrument that producedmonochromatic photographs of thesun using light at a selectedwavelength
Etymologies
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A "spectroheliograph," consisting of a spectroscopic and a photographic apparatus of special type, attached to the eye-end of an equatoreal twelve inches in aperture, was erected at Kenwood in March, 1891; and with its aid, Professor Hale entered upon original researches of high promise for the advancement of solar physics.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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"spectroheliograph" enables him, moreover, to delineate the sun's disc in any selected of its light, with the result of disclosing vast masses of calcium and hydrogen flocculi, piled up at various heights above the solar surface.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Made with the spectroheliograph, showing the immense vortices, or whirling storms like tornadoes, that centre in sun-spots.
The New Heavens George Ellery Hale 1903
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Solar prominences, photographed with the spectroheliograph without an eclipse (Ellerman).
The New Heavens George Ellery Hale 1903
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Photographed with the spectroheliograph, using the light emitted by glowing calcium vapor.
The New Heavens George Ellery Hale 1903
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Solar prominences, photographed with the spectroheliograph without an eclipse (Ellerman) 31.
The New Heavens George Ellery Hale 1903
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