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We propose an algorithm that can be used by amateur astronomers to analyze the images acquired during solar eclipses. The proposed algorithm analyzes the image, detects the eclipse and produces results for parameters like magnitude of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-08 Sarrvesh Seethapuram Sridhar , S. Pradeep Sundar , I. Kenny Jackson , P. Kannan

The results of an investigation into whether or not eclipse shadow bands have an atmospheric origin are presented. Using high altitude balloon and ground-based photodiode arrays during the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse, data revealing…

We present the results of the observations performed in the occasion of the June 21, 2001 total solar eclipse, looking for visible photons emitted trough a possible radiative decay of solar neutrinos. We establish lower limits for the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Cecchini , D. Centomo , G. Giacomelli , R. Giacomelli , V. Popa , C. G. Serbanut , R. Serra

We present the physical parameters of an eclipsing binary system EPIC 211982753 derived through photometric and radial velocity data modeling. We make use of photometric data from NASA's K2 mission, ASAS-SN, and 1.3-m Devasthal Fast Optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-23 Alaxender Panchal , Yogesh C. Joshi

We discuss here a lunar impact flash recorded during the total lunar eclipse that occurred on 2019 January 21, at 4h 41m 38.09 +- 0.01 s UT. This is the first time ever that an impact flash is unambiguously recorded during a lunar eclipse…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-14 José M. Madiedo , José L. Ortiz , Nicolás Morales , Pablo Santos-Sanz

The eclipsing polar CSS081231 turned bright (V_max ~ 14.5) in late 2008 and was subsequently observed intensively with small and medium-sized telescopes. A homogeneous analysis of this comprehensive dataset comprising 109 eclipse epochs is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. D. Schwope , F. Mackebrandt , B. D. Thinius , C. Littlefield , P. Garnavich , A. Oksanen , T. Granzer

Historical records of total solar eclipses provide vital information for computing the rotation of the Earth and understanding its long-term variations by providing data from the time before the modern measurements. While eclipses recorded…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-26 Hisashi Hayakawa , Misturu Sôma , J. Hutch Kinsman

The Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory observed the transits of Mercury on 2003 May 7 and 2006 November 8. Contact times between Mercury and the solar limb have been used since the 17th century to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Marcelo Emilio , Jeff R. Kuhn , Rock I. Bush , Isabelle F. Scholl

Total solar eclipses (TSEs) offer a unique opportunity to observe the solar atmosphere, detect limb phenomena, and accurately measure the solar radius. Following the TSE in 1733, Wassenius first reported the existence of prominences to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Hisashi Hayakawa , Mitsuru Sôma , Noortje Peek , Jean-Pierre Rozelot , Stanislav Gunár , Alexei Pevtsov

The effects of the solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 on different ionospheric layers were studied, using vertical ionospheric soundings from the ionosondes of Rome (41.8N, 12.5E), Gibilmanna (37.9N, 14.0E), and San Vito dei Normanni (40.6N,…

To better understand the influence of the activity cycle on the solar atmosphere, we report the time variation of the radius observed at 37 GHz ($\lambda$=8.1 mm) obtained by the Mets\"ahovi Radio Observatory (MRO) through Solar Cycles 22…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-17 Caius L. Selhorst , Juha Kallunki , C. G. Giménez de Castro , Adriana Valio , Joaquim E. R. Costa

The spectroscopic observations presented here were acquired during the 2017 August 21 total solar eclipse with a three-channel partially multiplexed imaging spectrometer (3PAMIS) operating at extremely high orders ($>$ 50). The 4 $R_\odot$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-18 Yingjie Zhu , Shadia R. Habbal , Adalbert Ding , Bryan Yamashiro , Enrico Landi , Benjamin Boe , Sage Constantinou , Michael Nassir

We introduce a new method to perform high resolution astrometry of the solar diameter from the ground, through the observations of eclipses. A discussion of the solar diameter and its variations is linked to the Limb Darkening Function…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrea Raponi , Costantino Sigismondi , Konrad Guhl , Richard Nugent , Andreas Tegtmeier

On March 20, 2015, we obtained 159 spectra of the Sun as a star with the solar telescope and the FTS at the Institut f\"ur Astrophysik G\"ottingen, 76 spectra were taken during partial solar eclipse. We obtained RVs using $I_2$ as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Ansgar Reiners , Ulrike Lemke , Florian Bauer , Benjamin Beeck , Philipp Huke

On January 20th, 2019, a total lunar eclipse was possible to be observed in Santiago, Chile. Using a smartphone attached to a telescope, photographs of the phenomenon were taken. With Earth's shadow on those images, and using textbook…

Popular Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Hugo Caerols , Felipe A. Asenjo

We present the results from the measurement of secondary cosmic gamma-ray flux using a NaI(Tl) scintillator detector during a total solar eclipse. The unique feature of this experiment is that it was carried out at a place where the solar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-04 S. Roy , S. Biswas , S. Das , S. K. Ghosh , S. Raha

This work deals with the comparison of different parameters (French/IMCCE and US/JPL ephemerides) used to calculate the extension of the umbral shadow and the location of the centre line in the total solar eclipse that took place on March,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-07 Laura Giannuzzo

The Airborne Infrared Spectrometer (AIR-Spec) was commissioned during the 2017 total solar eclipse, when it observed five infrared coronal emission lines from a Gulfstream V (GV) research jet owned by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Jenna E. Samra , Chad A. Madsen , Peter Cheimets , Edward E. DeLuca , Leon Golub , Vanessa Marquez , Naylynn Tañón Reyes

Temporal variation of secondary cosmic rays (SCR) flux was measured during the total lunar eclipse on December 10, 2011 and the subsequent full moon on January 8, 2012. The measurements were done at Department of Physics, University of…

The altitude of the ionospheric lower layer (D-region) is highly influenced by the solar UV flux affecting in turn, the propagation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) signals inside the waveguide formed between this layer and the Earth surface. A…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 Rok Vogrinčič , Alejandro Lara , Andrea Borgazzi , Jean Pierre Raulin