Using Partial Solar Eclipse for the 14-Metre Radio Telescope Calibration
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2023-12-01
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Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, Volume 60, issue 6, pp. 54-62
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A partial solar eclipse occurred on 25 October 2022, in the central and northern parts of Europe. The partial solar eclipse was observed at Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland at the radio wavelength of 8 mm (37 GHz). In Finland, the magnitude of the partial solar eclipse was 62.7 %. Solar radio maps at the time cadence of about 9 minutes were observed over the whole eclipse. The solar eclipse observations could be used for instrument calibration purposes. This paper investigates the solar brightness temperature, the limb brightening effect, the height of the chromosphere and the location of radio brightening using the aforementioned partial solar eclipse observations. We got the confirmation that our earlier results are consistent, e.g., the solar brightness temperature matches with 8100 K ± 300 K. It was also possible to detect limb brightening effect. However, the prevailing solar activity might have distorted the final conclusions. The Moon should operate as a focusing element and the location of radio brightenings could be defined more carefully than in the normal conditions. We investigated this feature. Our results are in some parts unexpected and need further investigations.Description
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Instrument calibration, partial solar eclipse, radio telescope, solar activity, solar radio observations
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Kallunki, J 2023, ' Using Partial Solar Eclipse for the 14-Metre Radio Telescope Calibration ', Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 54-62 . https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2023-0036