Total solar eclipse 6° above the horizon
This image of 2002 total solar eclipse in Australia is unique in several aspects. The eclipse was
very short - less than a half minute and the Sun was very low - only 6° above the horizon. In
spite of the mentioned facts, the image quality is surprisingly high. The image processing preserved
the exact color, therefore the solar corona is of golden color.
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Image | Ecl2002_dd_cor.png |
Date | 04. 12. 2002 |
Time | Second contact: 09:10:56 UT, third contact: 09:11:25 UT Eclipse duration 29 s |
Place | Koolimylka, Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), Australia |
Coordinate | 136° 31' 32'' E, 30° 57' 15'' S, approx. 244 m above the sea level |
Conditions | Seeing: 3/10, transmission: 7/10, very windy, temperature: 29°C, altitude of the Sun above the horizon: 6° |
Optics | Takahashi FS-60C w/Extender-Q (568 mm f/9,5) |
Camera | Canon EOS-D60 digital camera, (setting ISO 800, ImageQuality RAW) |
Exposure | 1/2000 s, ... 1/15 s |
Processing | Composition of 8 images. Images were aligned by means of phase correlation technique and then processed using Corona 3.0 software. Final processing was done by means of ACC 6.0 image analyzer. Image processing by Miloslav Druckmüller |
Software | PhaseCorr 3.0, Corona 3.0, Sofo ACC 6.0 |
Orientation | Image must be rotated 77.8° counterclockwise to achieve the standard orientation (N top, E left) |
More info | Arne Danielsen Web page |
Copyright | © 2002 Arne Danielsen © 2005 Miloslav Druckmüller |
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Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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Page last update: 27.11.2019
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