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Last Post 2/28/2007 12:21 PM by  Terry Kucera
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2/28/2007 8:37 AM

    Debra S (da)

    In a solar eclipse, where did the term baileys beads come from, who's behind that?


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    2/28/2007 12:21 PM
    Hi Debra,
    Baily's beads, the bright "beads" you see as sunlight peaks thorough lunar craters just before or after eclipse totality, are named for English astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844), who studied and described solar eclipses including the beads.

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    Terry

    from http://www.eclipse.org.uk/old/bailys_beads.htm
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