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سوسو زدن
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سوسو زدن

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Also known as twinkling

thumb|The twinkling of the brightest star in the [[night sky Sirius (apparent magnitude of −1.1), shortly before upper culmination at the meridian, at 20° above the southern horizon. In 29 seconds, Sirius appears to move 7.5 arcminutes from left to right.]] thumb|Comparison of twinkling of a star (top) and a planet (bottom). The turbulent atmosphere (shaded blue) distorts their wavefronts (cyan lines) differently with time, like caustics on a swimming pool floor. When a dark part hits the observer (white circle), the object appears dark, and vice versa. An object with larger angular size smear

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