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We report the results of polarimetric observations of the total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017 from Rexburg, Idaho (USA).We use three synchronized DSLR cameras with polarization filters oriented at 0, 60, and 120 to provide high-dynamic-range RGB polarization images of the corona and surrounding sky.We measure tangential coronal polarization and vertical sky polarization, both as expected. These observations provide detailed detections of polarization neutral points above and below the eclipsed Sun where the coronal polarization is canceled by the sky polarization.We name these special polarization neutral points afterMinnaert and Van de Hulst.
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A Chromatic Treatment of Linear Polarization in the Solar Corona at the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse
Abstract The broadband solar K-corona is linearly polarized due to Thomson scattering. Various strategies have been used to represent coronal polarization. Here, we present a new way to visualize the polarized corona, using observations from the 2023 April 20 total solar eclipse in Australia in support of the Citizen CATE 2024 project. We convert observations in the common four-polarizer orthogonal basis (0°, 45°, 90°, & 135°) to −60°, 0°, and +60° (MZP) polarization, which is homologous toR, G, Bcolor channels. The unique image generated provides some sense of how humans might visualize polarization if we could perceive it in the same way we perceive color.
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- 10473957
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
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- Journal Name:
- Research Notes of the AAS
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 2515-5172
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- Medium: X Size: Article No. 241
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- Article No. 241
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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