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Corona up to 8 solar radii

This wide-angle image shows the solar corona and Kreutz family comet SOHO 5008 shortly before it disintegrated near reaching perihelion.
 
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ImageTSE_2024_400mm_md.png
Date08. 04. 2024
Time2nd contact 18:09:09 UT, 3rd contact 18:13:16 UT
PlaceDurango, Mexico
CoordinateN 24° 8.122',   W 104° 42.367',  Alt. 1940 m
ConditionsClear sky, cirrus clouds during mid-eclipse
Solar altitude at mid-eclipse 70.1° above horizon
OpticsNikkor 80-400mm 1:4.5-5.6G ED VR (set to FL 400 mm, F5.6)
CameraNikon Z6
Exposure1/400 s - 3 s, ISO 100
ProcessingComposition of 139 eclipse images. Eclipse 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, processed using Corona 6.0 in order to visualize coronal structures. Final processing was done using ACC 6.1 software.
Image processing by Miloslav Druckmüller
Images acquired by Andreas Möller
SoftwareAstro D3F 2.0, PhaseCorr 8.0, LDIC 6.0, Corona 6.0, Sofo ACC 6.1
OrientationImage must be rotated 26.85° counter-clockwise to achieve standard orientation i.e. solar North up.
Copyright© 2024 Miloslav Druckmüller, Andreas Möller
 


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