Total Eclipse in the Orbit of "Hinode" (Solar-B) (Forwarded)

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
Tokyo, Japan

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2007 March 19

Total Eclipse in the Orbit of "Hinode" (Solar-B)

Hinode experienced total eclipse in orbit on 2007 March 19, while it was
just a partial eclipse on the ground. These data are used to measure
scatterd light of telescopes. X-ray Telescope (XRT) obtained full disk
images during the total eclipse in soft X-ray images. Solar Optical
Telescope (SOT) was pointed at disk center and witnessed shadow of
mountains on the Moon.

[NOTE: Images and movies supporting this release are available at
http://solar-b.nao.ac.jp/news_e/2007...clipse_e.shtml ]