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Structure of the innermost corona

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ImageTse_2017_mi1200.jpg
Date21. 08. 2017
Time2nd contact 17:21:11 UT, 3rd contact 17:23:14 UT
Placenear Mitchell, Oregon, USA
CoordinateN 44° 31.539',   W 119° 54.459',  Alt. 1100 m
ConditionsClear sky but some smoke from forest fires, solar altitude 43° above horizon
OpticsAPO 150/1200 mm
CameraNikon DS-Qi2
Exposure0.0005 s - 0.256 s
ProcessingComposition of 131 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 5.0 in order to visualize coronal structures. 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 5.0, Sofo ACC 6.1
OrientationImage must be rotated 15.65° clockwise to achieve standard orientation i.e. solar North up.
Copyright© 2017 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Shadia Habbal
 


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