Solar Eclipse Glossary
Sonnenfinsternis-Glossar
German-English Eclipse Glossary
With astronomical terms
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der Diamantring diamond ring (light effect during totality caused by the sun's light shining past valleys on the moon)
die Erde earth
die Erdbahn earth's orbit
die Fackel (solar) flare
das Fernrohr telescope (also: das Teleskop)
die Finsternis darkness; eclipse
der Halbschatten penumbra ("half-shadow" - see Kernschatten)
der Himmel sky, heaven
am Himmel = in the sky; im Himmel = in heaven
der Kernschatten umbra (see Halbschatten)
die Korona corona
die Laufbahn orbit
der Mond moon
die Mondbahn moon's orbit, lunar orbit
die Mondfinsternis lunar eclipse
der Perlenschnur string of pearls/beads ("Baily Beads" - a light effect just before and after totality)
der Schatten shadow
einen Schatten werfen cast a shadow
die Scheibe disk
die Mondscheibe/Sonnenscheibe moon's/sun's disk
die Sichel crescent, sickle
sichelförmig crescent-shaped, sickle-shaped
die Sonne sun
die Sonnenbahn sun's orbit, solar orbit
die (totale) Sonnenfinsternis (total) solar eclipse
der Sonnenflecken sunspot
der Sonnenrand edge of the sun, sun's rim
der Stern star
der Sternenhimmel starry sky, night sky
das Teleskop telescope (also: das Fernrohr)
die Totalität totality
verfinstern to go dark, turn dark
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