Key:seamark:light:character
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 seamark:light:character
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Character of lights. 
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| Group: marine navigation |
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| Status: de facto |
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If the object is a lighthouse (light_major or light_minor), use seamark:light:1:character=* instead, even there is only one sector.
Characters (LITCHR)
Animated illustrations of light characters can be found here: Light Characters
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| Fixed | F | 
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A signal light that shows continuously, in any given direction, with constant luminous intensity and colour. |
| Flashing | Fl | 
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A rhythmic light in which the total duration of light in a period is clearly shorter than the total duration of darkness and all the appearances of light are of equal duration. |
| Long-flashing | LFl | 
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A flashing light in which a single flash of not less than two seconds duration is regularly repeated. |
| Quick-flashing | Q | 
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A light exhibiting without interruption very rapid regular alternations of light and darkness. |
| Very quick flashing | VQ | 
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A flashing light in which flashes are repeated at a rate of not less than 80 flashes per minute but less than 160 flashes per minute. |
| Ultra quick flashing | UQ | 
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A flashing light in which flashes are repeated at a rate of not less than 160 flashes per minute. |
| Isophased | Iso | 
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A light with all durations of light and darkness equal. |
| Occulting | Oc | 
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A rhythmic light in which the total duration of light in a period is clearly longer than the total duration of darkness and all the eclipses are of equal duration. |
| Interrupted quick flashing | IQ | 
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A quick light in which the sequence of flashes is interrupted by regularly repeated eclipses of constant and long duration. |
| Interrupted very quick flashing | IVQ | 
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A light in which the very rapid alterations of light and darkness are interrupted at regular intervals by eclipses of long duration. |
| Interrupted ultra quick flashing | IUQ | 
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A light in which the ultra quick flashes (160 or more per minute) are interrupted at regular intervals by eclipses of long duration. |
| Morse | Mo | 
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A rhythmic light in which appearances of light of two clearly different durations are grouped to represent a character or characters in the Morse code. |
| Fixed/flash | FFl | 
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| Flash/long-flash | FlLFl | 
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| Occulting/flash | OcFl | 
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| Fixed/long-flash | FLFl | 
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| Occulting alternating | Al.Oc | 
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| Long-flash alternating | Al.LFl | 
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| Flash alternating | Al.Fl | 
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| Group alternating | Al.Gr | 
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| Quick-flash plus long-flash | Q+LFl | 
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| Very quick-flash plus long-flash | VQ+LFl | 
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| Ultra quick-flash plus long-flash | UQ+LFl | 
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| Alternating | Al | 
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| Fixed and alternating flashing | Al.FFl |
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