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Prominences and inner Corona

The observing conditions in Oregon were unique because of an absolutely perfect seeing. Combination of Fuji GFX 50s 50 MPix large format camera and Celestron Edge HD, FL 2350 mm, F/10 optics enabled to create an image of extraordinary sharpness. The full resolution image may be found here.
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ImageTse_2017_mi2350.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
OpticsCelestron Edge HD, FL 2350 mm, F/10
CameraFuji GFX 50s
Exposure1/1600 s - 1/6 s
ProcessingComposition of 73 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 60.37° anti-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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