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Early results from the solar-minimum 2019 total solar eclipse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2020

Jay M. Pasachoff ,
Christian A. Lockwood Open the ORCID record for Christian A. Lockwood [Opens in a new window] ,
John L. Inoue ,
Erin N. Meadors ,
Aristeidis Voulgaris ,
David Sliski ,
Alan Sliski ,
Kevin P. Reardon ,
Daniel B. Seaton Open the ORCID record for Daniel B. Seaton [Opens in a new window]  and
Ronald M. Caplan
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Jay M. Pasachoff
Affiliation:
Williams College–Astronomy Department, Williamstown, MA01267-2565, USA
Christian A. Lockwood
Affiliation:
Williams College–Astronomy Department, Williamstown, MA01267-2565, USA
John L. Inoue
Affiliation:
Williams College–Astronomy Department, Williamstown, MA01267-2565, USA
Erin N. Meadors
Affiliation:
Williams College–Astronomy Department, Williamstown, MA01267-2565, USA
Aristeidis Voulgaris
Affiliation:
Icarus Optomechanics, Thessaloniki, Greece
David Sliski
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA
Alan Sliski
Affiliation:
273 Concord Road, Lincoln, MA01773, USA
Kevin P. Reardon
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, Boulder, CO80303, USA Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences Dept., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Daniel B. Seaton
Affiliation:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Ronald M. Caplan
Affiliation:
Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA92121, USA
Cooper Downs
Affiliation:
Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA92121, USA
Jon A. Linker
Affiliation:
Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA92121, USA
Glenn Schneider
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, U. Arizona, Tucson, AZ85721, USA
Patricio Rojo
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, U. Chile, Santiago, Chile
Alphonse C. Sterling
Affiliation:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812
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Abstract

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We observed the 2 July 2019 total solar eclipse with a variety of imaging and spectroscopic instruments recording from three sites in mainland Chile: on the centerline at La Higuera, from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, and from La Serena, as well as from a chartered flight at peak totality in mid-Pacific. Our spectroscopy monitored Fe X, Fe XIV, and Ar X lines, and we imaged Ar X with a Lyot filter adjusted from its original H-alpha bandpass. Our composite imaging has been compared with predictions based on modeling using magnetic-field measurements from the pre-eclipse month. Our time-differenced sites will be used to measure motions in coronal streamers.

Keywords

Sun: coronaeclipsesinstrumentation: spectrographs
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S354: Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Manifestations , June 2019 , pp. 3 - 14
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

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