The total light emitted by the solar corona, which is seen MOST effectively during a total solar eclipse, is equivalent in brightness to
A) the average brightness of the night sky at a dark site.
B) the brightness of the full Moon, about one millionth as bright as the solar photosphere.
C) the average brightness of the Milky Way.
D) about one thousandth that of the solar photosphere.
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