Total Solar Eclipse

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Date: 11. August 1999
Time UT: 10:50:22
Location: Hotel Fured, Balatonfured, Hungary (46°56'57"N 17°53'04"E). Approx. 90m above sea level.
Conditions: Drifting clouds
Camera: Olympus OM-1
Lens: Meade ETX-90 1250mm @ f13.8
Exposure: 1/15 second
Film: Fuji Superia 200
Guiding: Equatorial mounted ETX using motor in R.A.
Scanning: Scanned at 900dpi. HP Photosmart Scanner using Vuescan 3.2 from Hamrick Software running on Windows NT4.0 sp3.
Digital enhancements: Adjusted hue and luminance. Image is cropped.
Notes: Bright prominences all around the disc together with the corona.

Image is slightly blurred due to inaccurate focus and/or vibrations.

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Created 17. August 1999