HAO 1998 Eclipse News
The High Altitude Observatory sent two crews to analyze the total
solar eclipse on Thursday, 26 February 1998. One team, in
collaboration with Don Hassler of Southwest Research Institute,
Boulder Colorado, was stationed on the ground at Curaçao. The
other team, led by Profs. Bob MacQueen (Rhodes College) and Jeff Kuhn
(Michigan State University [MSU] and National Solar Observatory [NSO])
included other researchers from Rhodes, NSO, MSU and from Max Planck
Institute for Aeronomy in Lindau Germany, as well as HAO. The latter
team viewed the eclipse from the NCAR C-130 research aircraft, flying from
Howard Air Force Base near Panama City. The eclipse took place in
these areas between 10:00AM and 12:00PM MST.
This image was taken with the POISE instrument by the HAO Eclipse Team in Curaçao at
~18:11 UT.
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reduced scale image -- gif format, 88669 bytes. (Uncalibrated)
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reduced scale image -- tif format, 225226 bytes. (Uncalibrated)
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FULL SCALE image -- gif format, 2949067 bytes. (Uncalibrated)
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FULL SCALE image -- tif format, 3584106 bytes. (Uncalibrated)
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FULL SCALE image / FALSE COLOR -- tif format, 2931716 bytes. (Uncalibrated)
The images below, the "scarab" images, are edge enhanced versions
of the calibrated POISE98 intensity data.
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edge enhanced image / FALSE COLOR -- gif format, 1338547 bytes.
Calibrated intensity data run through various filters to enhance
edges and fine structure.
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edge enhanced image / FALSE COLOR -- ps format, 32507617 bytes.
Calibrated intensity data run through various filters to enhance
edges and fine structure.
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edge enhanced image / FALSE COLOR -- tif format, 1335288 bytes.
Calibrated intensity data run through various filters to enhance
edges and fine structure.
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PEPPI Eclipse image -- gif format.
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PEPPI Eclipse image -- tif format.
This uncalibrated, enhanced image was taken by the
HAO Eclipse Team in Curacao at ~18:12 UT.
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PEPPI Eclipse animation -- merged gif format (1.4Mb).
This animation of (averaged, enhanced) PEPPI images shows some
changes in polar plumes. Can you spot them?
Southwest Research Institute
Check out the eclipse data from Southwest Research Institute.
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
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Mk3 coronal image
The Mk3 Coronameter, located at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO)
on the big island of Hawaii, collected coronal data on eclipse day.
This an average of images taken between 17:36 and 18:43 UT. The eclipse
itself was not visible from Hawaii.
1991 Eclipse
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