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Solargraphy

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solargraphnoun(photography) A photograph of the paths of the Sun across the sky created with pinhole photography.
solar timenoun(astronomy, time) A calculation of the passage of time based on the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.
solar daynoun(astronomy) One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year)
astrophotographynoun(astronomy, photography) The photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events or areas of the night sky.
solar calendarnounA calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun, which defines the year. Dates indicate the position of the Earth during this revolution.
selenographnoun(dated) A picture or delineation of the Moon's surface.
astrophotonoun(astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
oroheliographnoun(photography) A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the horizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a vertical lens above. A specially-shaped mirror reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate.
astrographnoun(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
heliotomographynoun(astronomy, physics) The three-dimensional analysis of the structure of the sun, especially of convection currents
solar trackernounDevice that moves so as to aim a collector of solar energy at the sun as it crosses the sky
photogrammetrynounThe making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying.
coronographnoun(astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun.
star trailnoun(astronomy, photography) The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is held open.
solar cyclenoun(astronomy) The nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity, measured from a minimum of activity to the next.
dopplergramnoun(astronomy) An image of the sun, made using a modified spectroheliograph, showing showing the approaching and receding motions of its atmosphere.
summer solsticenoun(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.
solstitial colurenoun(astronomy) A meridian on the celestial sphere where the sun crosses it on solstices.
sundialnounA device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
sunlinenounAlternative form of sun line. [A navigator's observation of the Sun to determine latitude.]

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