TY - CONF
T1 - Polarimetric Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Corona from 400 to 2000 nm during the Total Solar Eclipse of 29 March 2006
AU - Habbal, Shadia Rifai
AU - Kuhn, J.
AU - Mickey, D.
AU - Morgan, H.
AU - Jaeggli, S.
AU - Johnson, J.
AU - Daw, A.
AU - Arndt, M. B.
AU - Nayfeh, M.
AU - Roussev, I.
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Total solar eclipses continue to offer unique opportunities for
exploring the solar corona, in particular for validating new concepts,
and testing new instrumentation. We report on the results of the
observations taken during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006. The
eclipse was observed from Waw AnNamous, Libya, under perfect seeing
conditions. A complement of imaging and spectroscopic polarization
measurements, covering the wavelength range from 400 to 2000 nm, were
used. Among the highlights of the observations were the unexpected
radial extent of the emission from the Fe XI 789.2 nm spectral line,
which has proven to have significant potential for future coronagraphic
measurements, and the appearance of presently unidentified spectral
lines in the visible and near infrared part of the spectrum. The
implications of these results for the coronal magnetic field, and the
near-Sun dust environment will be discussed.
AB - Total solar eclipses continue to offer unique opportunities for
exploring the solar corona, in particular for validating new concepts,
and testing new instrumentation. We report on the results of the
observations taken during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006. The
eclipse was observed from Waw AnNamous, Libya, under perfect seeing
conditions. A complement of imaging and spectroscopic polarization
measurements, covering the wavelength range from 400 to 2000 nm, were
used. Among the highlights of the observations were the unexpected
radial extent of the emission from the Fe XI 789.2 nm spectral line,
which has proven to have significant potential for future coronagraphic
measurements, and the appearance of presently unidentified spectral
lines in the visible and near infrared part of the spectrum. The
implications of these results for the coronal magnetic field, and the
near-Sun dust environment will be discussed.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/10574
M3 - Abstract
SP - 6
ER -