Fine Structures in the White-Light Solar Corona at the 2006 Eclipse

Abstract

Observations of the total solar eclipse of 2006 March 29, as it crossed Africa from southwest to northeast into a Greek island and beyond, allowed correlations with near-simultaneous coronal observations from several spacecraft, including SOHO and TRACE. New methods of compositing images allow the recovery of higher resolution (1"-2") on coronal features than had normally been available in the past, reaching substantially higher resolutions than are currently available from space. We discuss a variety of the new methods and observations, and use them to provide the most detailed portrait possible of the Sun, at least on 2006 March 29.