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parhelion
noun
(par-he-lion)
any of several bright spots often tinged with color that often appear on the parhelic circle on either side of the sun—called also sun dog
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mock sun
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sundog
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parhelic circle
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haloscope
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midnight sun
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upsun
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acronycal
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sun
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acronycally
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sunblink
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moon
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spectroheliograph
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ecliptic
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solar year
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first light
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summer triangle
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photoheliograph
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sunset
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moonish
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celestial equator
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equinoctial circle
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moonward
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uranoscopy
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antiscian
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nubecula
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lucifugous
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sabianism
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periscian
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spectroheliogram
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astronomical year
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old moon
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paraselene
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siderostat
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sky
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lunistice
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almucantar
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gloriole
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sunrise
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tropical year
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spectrohelioscope
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superior planet
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apocynthion
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tropic of capricorn
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inferior planet
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skiagram
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tropic of cancer
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onychomancy
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refraction
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zodiacal light
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celestial point
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radiance
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holophote
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heliosis
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chromophotography
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scioptics
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sabaism
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northern cross
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sunfast
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soil horizon
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moonlight
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equinoctial point
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evection
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aprication
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angle of refraction
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tellurion
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anthelion
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apricate
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apojove
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photoscope
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helioscope
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cometarium
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solar day
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break of day
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heliology
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noonstead
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optical phenomenon
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heliochromy
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parastichy
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ray of light
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horizon
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analemma
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great bear
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brightness
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sidereal time
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apolune
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geoselenic
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auroral
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superlunar
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sunshine
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sidereal day
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fulgency
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triangulum australe
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solar telescope
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cirrostratus cloud
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isometropia
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dioptrics
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selenograph
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chromosphere
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sidereal year
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night blindness
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parhelion
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