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... spectrograph . Almost every large solar or stellar telescope is equipped with a spectrograph for analyzing the light which its mirrors or lenses collect . The McMath Solar Telescope has several powerful spectrographs , including the one ...
... spectrograph . Almost every large solar or stellar telescope is equipped with a spectrograph for analyzing the light which its mirrors or lenses collect . The McMath Solar Telescope has several powerful spectrographs , including the one ...
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... spectrograph which extends 17 meters ( 55 feet ) below the observing table at the McMath telescope . Light from the part of the solar image to be analyzed enters the spectrograph through a narrow entrance slit located at the center of ...
... spectrograph which extends 17 meters ( 55 feet ) below the observing table at the McMath telescope . Light from the part of the solar image to be analyzed enters the spectrograph through a narrow entrance slit located at the center of ...
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... spectrograph , however , the Sun's chromosphere can be studied at any time , without waiting for an eclipse . A spectrograph is able to reject the very much brighter light from the solar photosphere , not by shadowing it as does the ...
... spectrograph , however , the Sun's chromosphere can be studied at any time , without waiting for an eclipse . A spectrograph is able to reject the very much brighter light from the solar photosphere , not by shadowing it as does the ...
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