| Acquisition Date |
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March 29, 2006 / 12:34-13:56 UT+3 |
| Camera |
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Canon EOS 300d |
| Camera Settings |
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ISO 100, RAW Image Format, 3072x2048 Image Size, Manual Mode with EC, Servo Mode |
| Telescope |
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Astro-Physics AP160/f7.5 EDF refractor |
| Mount |
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Losmandy G-11 GEM |
| Processing Package / Processing Applied |
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RAW to TIFF (16-bit) conversion, layer masks, gaussian blur, radial blur, unsharp masking, levels, JPG compression |
| Web Site |
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http://www.perseus.gr |
| NOTES |
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The greek island of Kastelorizo was in the path of totality for last month's total solar eclipse. A consecutive series of eight exposures from 1/100" to 1/4" were used to incrementally build the inner corona. A ninth exposure, the solar disk immediately prior to first contact (1/500"), was added in place of the eclipsed sun for the final digital composite of a sun with corona which would otherwise not be visible with the unaided eye or a filtered optical instrument. |
