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Total eclipse beginning


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ImageEcl2001_dd_bp.jpg
Date21. 06. 2001
Time2nd contact 13:09:02 UT, 3rd contact 13:12:33 UT
Total eclipse duration 3 min 31 s
PlaceZambia
Coordinate14° 48' 05.1'' S, 28° 03' 29.4'' E, alt. 1198 m
ConditionsAltitude of the Sun above the horizon: 31°
OpticsAstrophysics "Traveler" 105 mm / 610 mm equipped with 1.4x-converter TC-14 (Nikon) and a field-flattening lens of Astrophysics, effective focal length 917 mm
CameraNikon D1H digital camera
Exposure1× 1/4000 s, 1× 1/1000 s, 1× 1/250 s, 1× 1/60 s, 3× 1/8 s, 10× 1/4 s, 1× 1/2 s, 1× 1 s, 2× 2 s,
ProcessingComposition of 21 images. Images were aligned by means of phase correlation, composed by means of LDIC 1.0 software, processed using Corona 3.0 in order to visualize coronal structures. Final processing was done using ACC 6.0 software.
Image processing by Miloslav Druckmüller
SoftwarePhaseCorr 3.0, LDIC 1.0, Corona 3.0, Sofo ACC 6.0
OrientationImage must be rotated 44.2° clockwise to achieve the standard orientation (N top, E left)
Copyright© 2001 Friedhelm Dorst, © 2005 Miloslav Druckmüller
 


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