The value of the eclipse solar radius during the 2017 August 21 total solar eclipse was estimated to be S⊙=(959.95±0.05)" at 1au with no significant dependence on wavelength. The measurement was obtained from the analysis of a video of the eclipse flash spectrum recorded at the southern limit of the umbral shadow path. Our analysis was conducted by extracting light curves from the flash spectrum and comparing them to simulated light curves. Simulations were performed by integrating the limb darkening function (LDF) over the exposed area of photosphere. These numerical integrations relied upon very precise computations of the relative movement of the lunar and solar limbs.
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@article{arxiv.2107.09416,
title = {Estimation of the Eclipse Solar Radius by Flash Spectrum Video Analysis},
author = {Luca Quaglia and John Irwin and Konstantinos Emmanouilidis and Alessandro Pessi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09416},
year = {2021}
}
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22 pages, 19 figures. This is the Accepted Manuscript version of an article accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it