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Total solar eclipse in Libya 03/2006

author: Miloslav Druckmüller/Peter Aniol/Novapix

reference: a-sol10-02113

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 22 cm

Total solar eclipse observed in Libya on March 29 2006. Solar corona up to 13 radii and 220 stars. It is a composition of totally 231 images taken in Libyan desert by means of five Canon EOS 5D cameras equipped with 200 mm, 400 mm, 600 mm, 1240 mm and 1640 mm lenses. The lens with the shortest focal length was Canon EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stopped down to 5.6 aperture. The images are so sharp that the stars are nearly of one pixel size in the original image. The horizontal size of the image is 39.3 solar radii and the coronal rays are visible up to 13 solar radii. I identified totally 220 stars in the resulting image. Both the display of solar corona and the lunar surface is beyond the human vision ability during the eclipse.

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2006 - ASTRONOMY - CORONA - EARTHSHINE - ECLIPSE - LIBYA - MOON - NEW MOON - SOLAR ECLIPSE - STAR - SUN - TOTAL ECLIPSE -