Astronomy Picture of the Day - Total Solar Eclipse 2020

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 7 Jan, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Miloslav Druckmuller, Andreas Moller, (Brno University of Technology)

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Along a narrow path crossing southern South America through Chile and Argentina, the final New Moon of 2020 moved in front of the Sun on December 14 in the year's only total solar eclipse. Within about 2 days of perigee, the closest point in its elliptical orbit, the New Moon's surface is faintly lit by earthshine in this dramatic composite view. The image is a processed composite of 55 calibrated exposures ranging from 1/640 to 3 seconds. Covering a large range in brightness during totality, it reveals the dim lunar surface and faint background stars, along with planet-sized prominences at the Sun's edge, an enormous coronal mass ejection, and sweeping coronal structures normally hidden in the Sun's glare. Look closely for an ill-fated sungrazing Kreutz family comet (C/2020 X3 SOHO) approaching from the lower left, at about the 7 o'clock position. In 2021 eclipse chasers will see an annular solar eclipse coming up on June 10. They'll have to wait until December 4 for the only total solar eclipse in 2021 though. That eclipse will be total along a narrow path crossing the southernmost continent of Antarctica.

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

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[ml/nj]

Pretty amazing picture!

Have composite exposures like this been made for previous eclipses?

ML/NJ

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Cool Beans!

But will this effect The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds? ;)

[SaveFerris]

[Look closely for an ill-fated sungrazing Kreutz family comet (C/2020 X3 SOHO)]

A little too close, I take it?

[MtnClimber]

Have composite exposures like this been made for previous eclipses? Not that I know of, but I may search to see if I can find more.

[MtnClimber]

Yep, I found more:

[viewfromthefrontier]

That is stunning - thanks for sharing!

[ml/nj]

What eclipse was that?

I’d like see one of these for the August 2017 eclipse so I could compare it to the more conventional pictures I took.

ML/NJ

[MtnClimber]

I just found the photo in a web search. It did not have any details. I would like to know what photo and image processing is used.

[MtnClimber]

Shot by Czech photographer Miloslav Druckmüller from the Brno University of Technology, these amazing composite images capture the moon during a total solar eclipse revealing a vast solar corona. To achieve the crystal clear effect the shots are comprised from some 40+ photos taken with two different lenses. Additional clarity was achieved due to the incredibly remote location chosen to view the eclipse from, a pier just outside the Enewetak Radiological Observatory on the Marshall Islands, smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You can see several more images from the project at Druckmüller’s website and don’t miss this much higher resolution version including some 209 stars. All images courtesy the photographer. (via this isn’t happiness)

[MtnClimber]

total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 on Enewetak Atoll in Marshall Islands

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