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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An observation of a faint, broad, reddish-brown [[corona]] by the Rev. S. Bishop of Honolulu during the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">He described an angular radius of the inner edge of 20& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An observation of a faint, broad, reddish-brown [[corona]] by the Rev. S. Bishop of Honolulu during the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">He described an angular radius of the inner edge of 20° and an angular width of about 10°. Subsequent observations are rare to nonexistent.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Bishop's ring[edit | edit source]
An observation of a faint, broad, reddish-brown corona by the Rev. S. Bishop of Honolulu during the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
He described an angular radius of the inner edge of 20° and an angular width of about 10°. Subsequent observations are rare to nonexistent.
