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  2. Epsilon Coronae Borealis - Wikipedia

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    Epsilon Coronae Borealis, Latinized from ε Coronae Borealis, is a multiple star system in the constellation Corona Borealis located around 230 light-years from the Solar System. It shines with a combined apparent magnitude of 4.13, [9] meaning it is visible to the unaided eye in all night skies except those brightly lit in inner city locations ...

  3. Stellar corona - Wikipedia

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    The "E-corona" is the component of the corona with an emission-line spectrum, either inside or outside the wavelength band of visible light. It is a phenomenon of the ion component of the plasma, as individual ions are excited by collision with other ions or electrons, or by absorption of ultraviolet light from the Sun.

  4. Corona (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Lunar corona A solar corona up Beinn Mhòr (South Uist). In meteorology, a corona (plural coronae) is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) [1] by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crystals of a cloud or on a foggy glass surface.

  5. Coronagraph - Wikipedia

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    Coronagraph instruments are extreme examples of stray light rejection and precise photometry because the total brightness from the solar corona is less than one-millionth the brightness of the Sun. The apparent surface brightness is even fainter because, in addition to delivering less total light, the corona has a much greater apparent size ...

  6. Illuminating Engineering Society - Wikipedia

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    The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), is an industry-backed, not-for-profit, learned society that was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. [1] [3] The IES's stated mission is "to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public".

  7. Corona Borealis - Wikipedia

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    The secondary companion is a yellow main-sequence star of spectral type G5V that is a little smaller (0.9 times) the diameter of the Sun. [15] Lying 75±0.5 light-years from Earth, [16] Alphecca is believed to be a member of the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that have a common motion through space. [17]

  8. Corona Borealis Supercluster - Wikipedia

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    The Corona Borealis Supercluster is a supercluster located in the constellation Corona Borealis and the most prominent example of its kind in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. [3] Dense and compact compared with other superclusters, its mass has been calculated to lie somewhere between 0.6 and 12 × 10 16 solar masses (M⊙).

  9. CORONA (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.