ANTONUCCI, EsterEsterANTONUCCIHARRA, LouiseLouiseHARRASUSINO, RobertoRobertoSUSINOTELLONI, DanieleDanieleTELLONI2025-03-172025-03-1720200038-6308http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/36858Space observations of the atmosphere of the Sun, obtained in half a century of dedicated space missions, provide a well established picture of the medium and large-scale solar corona, which is highly variable with the level of solar activity through a solar cycle and evolves with the long-term evolution of the magnetic cycles. In this review, we summarize the physical properties and dynamics of the medium and large-scale corona, consisting primarily of active regions, streamers and coronal holes; describe the dependence of coronal patterns on the magnetic field patterns changing through the solar cycle and the properties of the regions of open magnetic flux channeling the solar wind; the ubiquitous presence of fluctuations in the outer corona; the rotational properties of the large-scale corona; and the persistent hemispheric asymmetries in the emergence of magnetic fields and the distribution of the coronal emission.ELETTRONICOenArticle10.1007/s11214-020-00743-12-s2.0-85092798317https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85092798317https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00743-12020SSRv..216..117AFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation