Early results from the solar-minimum 2019 total solar eclipse

  • Jay M. Pasachoff
  • , Christian A. Lockwood
  • , John L. Inoue
  • , Erin N. Meadors
  • , Aristeidis Voulgaris
  • , David Sliski
  • , Alan Sliski
  • , Kevin P. Reardon
  • , Daniel B. Seaton
  • , Ronald M. Caplan
  • , Cooper Downs
  • , Jon A. Linker
  • , Glenn Schneider
  • , Patricio Rojo
  • , Alphonse C. Sterling

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3-14
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume15
Issue number354
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event354th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union on Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Manifestations - Copiapo, Chile
Duration: Jun 30 2019Jul 6 2019

Keywords

  • Sun: corona
  • eclipses
  • instrumentation: spectrographs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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