Measures of Solar Diameter with Eclipses: Data Analysis, Problems and Perspectives

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

3

Eclipses, Transits, And Occultations, Radio Telescopes And Instrumentation, Heterodyne Receivers, Interstellar Medium And Nebulae In External Galaxies, Background Radiations, Supernova Remnants, Spectroscopy And Spectrophotometry, Galactic Winds And Fountains

Scientific paper

The theme of solar diameter variability is presented with the data of solar astrolabes, the four data points of the Solar Disk Sextant and the central eclipses observed near the shadow's limbs. All data are from the last 3 decades. The results obtained with solar astrolabes are different from Northern (Calern) and Southern hemisphere (Rio de Janeiro, Santiago), this is possibly due to atmospheric effect. Eclipses measurements are not affected by atmospheric turbulence because the event's geometry is determined outside the atmosphere, they give systematically larger diameter values than astrolabes. Videos of eclipses are discussed in term of projection on a screen versus direct imaging at the focal plane with filtered telescope. Relations between filters densities, telescope diameters, frame rate of video cameras, and portion of the outer solar limb lost during eclipse imaging are presented. Loss of 0.02'' are typical for 10 cm ND5 filtered telescope. A commercial 60 fps camcorder for Baily beads timing is discussed in terms of signal-to-noise ratio.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Measures of Solar Diameter with Eclipses: Data Analysis, Problems and Perspectives does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Measures of Solar Diameter with Eclipses: Data Analysis, Problems and Perspectives, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Measures of Solar Diameter with Eclipses: Data Analysis, Problems and Perspectives will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1663087

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.