Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site
We report on early results from a suite of instruments for imaging and spectra we deployed to Salem, Oregon, for 2 min of totality at the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Our instruments included refracting telescopes and telephoto lenses for use with CCD detectors and DSLR cameras, narrow-band...
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| author | Jay M. Pasachoff Christian Lockwood Erin Meadors Ross Yu Cielo Perez Marcos A. Peñaloza-Murillo Daniel B. Seaton Aris Voulgaris Ron Dantowitz Vojtech Rušin Thanasis Economou |
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| description | We report on early results from a suite of instruments for imaging and spectra we deployed to Salem, Oregon, for 2 min of totality at the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Our instruments included refracting telescopes and telephoto lenses for use with CCD detectors and DSLR cameras, narrow-band filters at the wavelengths of coronal emission lines ([Fe XIV] 530.3 nm and [Fe X] 637.4 nm), and spectrographs. We also monitored the effect of the eclipse penumbra and umbra on the terrestrial atmosphere. The total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, was the first whose totality crossed only United States territory since the origin of the country, and the first to cross the Continental United States from coast to coast in 99 years. As a result, major campaigns of scientific research and of outreach were carried out. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a028d03d87a14cd189806d09425241cd2022-12-21T18:40:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2018-10-01510.3389/fspas.2018.00037415655Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon SiteJay M. Pasachoff0Christian Lockwood1Erin Meadors2Ross Yu3Cielo Perez4Marcos A. Peñaloza-Murillo5Daniel B. Seaton6Aris Voulgaris7Ron Dantowitz8Vojtech Rušin9Thanasis Economou10Hopkins Observatory, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United StatesAstronomy Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United StatesAstronomy Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United StatesAstronomy Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United StatesAstronomy Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United StatesAstronomy Department, Williams College, University of the Andes-Merida, Mérida, VenezuelaCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United StatesIcarus Optomechanics, Thessaloniki, GreeceDexter Southfield School, Brookline, MA, United StatesAstronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranská Lomnica, SlovakiaEnrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United StatesWe report on early results from a suite of instruments for imaging and spectra we deployed to Salem, Oregon, for 2 min of totality at the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Our instruments included refracting telescopes and telephoto lenses for use with CCD detectors and DSLR cameras, narrow-band filters at the wavelengths of coronal emission lines ([Fe XIV] 530.3 nm and [Fe X] 637.4 nm), and spectrographs. We also monitored the effect of the eclipse penumbra and umbra on the terrestrial atmosphere. The total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, was the first whose totality crossed only United States territory since the origin of the country, and the first to cross the Continental United States from coast to coast in 99 years. As a result, major campaigns of scientific research and of outreach were carried out.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2018.00037/fullcoronaeclipsesunspectrasunspot cyclesaros |
| spellingShingle | Jay M. Pasachoff Christian Lockwood Erin Meadors Ross Yu Cielo Perez Marcos A. Peñaloza-Murillo Daniel B. Seaton Aris Voulgaris Ron Dantowitz Vojtech Rušin Thanasis Economou Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences corona eclipse sun spectra sunspot cycle saros |
| title | Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site |
| title_full | Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site |
| title_fullStr | Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site |
| title_full_unstemmed | Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site |
| title_short | Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site |
| title_sort | images and spectra of the 2017 total solar eclipse corona from our oregon site |
| topic | corona eclipse sun spectra sunspot cycle saros |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2018.00037/full |
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