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Fe XIII, 1074.7 nm

Our expedition observed emission from the following ions in the visible and near IR wavelength range: Fe IX (435.9 nm), Fe X (637.4 nm), Fe XI (789.2 nm), Fe XIII (1074.7 nm), Fe XIV (530.3 nm) and Ni XV (670.2 nm). These emission lines provide an excellent diagnostic tool for probing the physics of the solar corona. One of the tools is clear from the following graph. Fe XIII line at 1074.7 nm is a prominent emission line in near IR coronal spectrum which is less contaminated by continuum then other observed emission lines.
 

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ImageTSE2019_CTIO_Fe_XIII.png
Date02. 07. 2019
Time2nd contact 20:38:35 UT, 3rd contact 20:40:39 UT
PlaceCerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO), Chile
CoordinateS 30° 10.12564',   W 70° 48.37085',  Alt. 2200 m
ConditionsClear sky, solar altitude 13° above horizon
Optics2× Achromat 4/200 mm equipped with following narrow band filters:
  On-band filter: Andover, center wavelength: 1074.7 nm, bandwidth 0.5 nm
  Off-band filter: Andover, center wavelength: 1073.6.4 nm, bandwidth 0.5 nm
Camera2×Atik 414EX
Exposure8 - 32 s
ProcessingComposition of 10 eclipse images (5 On-band and 5 Off-band) taken with two cameras. Images were calibrated by means of dark frames and flat-fields, aligned by means of phase correlation, composed by means of LDIC 6.0 software, continuum was removed from Fe X emission by subtracting the Off-band images. The resulting image was processed using Corona 6.0 software in order to visualize coronal structures. The final processing was done using ACC 6.1 software.
Image processing by Miloslav Druckmüller
SoftwareAstro D3F 2.0, PhaseCorr 7.0, LDIC 6.0, Corona 6.0, Sofo ACC 6.1
OrientationThis image has correct solar North-top orientation
Copyright© 2019 Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, Petr Štarha, Jana Hoderová
 


Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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