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Three diamonds in the sky

Petr Horalek2013-11-03

The Royal Society

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

'A story about total solar eclipse on November 3rd, 2013. When the eclipse started (on left side of the image), there was a two part diamond ring, which was unusual. It is caused by the angle diameter of the Moon in this case of hybrid eclipse. The magnitude of coverage from Pakwero, Uganda, was just 1,00259, which means the Sun's photosphere could easily shine above two different locations of lunar limb at the same time. The next hybrid solar eclipse will occur in April 2023 over western Australia and Indonesia. Canon 6D, Rubinar 1000/10, ISO 250, 5×1/500 s, Vixen GPD-2 mount.'

Petr Horalek

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  • Title: Three diamonds in the sky
  • Creator: Petr Horalek
  • Date Created: 2013-11-03
  • Location Created: Pakwero, Uganda
  • Provenance: The Royal Society Publishing - Photo Competition 2018
  • Rights: Copyright held by the artist
  • External Link: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek
  • Field: Astronomy
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