Solar Eclipse observed by the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope
(Quasi-Real-Time)
The 1999 Eclipse
A total solar eclipse has just happened on a track stretching from England
to India. Yohkoh was well-positioned to see two episodes of this eclipse
- the moving satellite goes faster than the Sun's shadow, usually resulting
in multiple eclipse episodes. The movie below (click on the image) should
show it happening only about four hours after the fact - we need a bit
of time to get data back from the satellite, which needs to pass over Kagoshima
for radio contact after the data have been taken and stored on-board.
A 1998 eclipse, two views
An annular solar eclipse over SE Asia took place at 22 Aug 1998. Yohkoh
was well-positioned to see four (!) episodes of this solar eclipse. Two
of these episodes are shown here
Please also see the
predictions prepared
by M. Soma for this eclipse. Our full list
of science nuggets contains several others dealing with eclipses and
transits of Mercury. They can easily be found using the search capability
on that page.
We thank D. Alexander for preparing these movies of the August 1998
eclipses.
H. Hudson (hudson@isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp)
M. Shimojo (shimojo@flare2.solar.isas.ac.jp)
August 9, 1999
