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Partial eclipse of the Sun seen by Proba-2's main SWAP

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European Space Agency, ESA

4 views • Aug 19, 2015

Description

On June 1st, a partial eclipse of the Sun became visible across northern
latitudes - and also from Earth orbit.
Between 2040 and 2246 GMT, ESA's Proba-2 micro-satellite twice crossed the
path of the lunar shadow to return views of the partial solar eclipse.
Proba-2's main SWAP (Sun Watcher using APS detectors and imaging processing) instrument acquired a new image every 30 seconds, built up into the movie seen here.

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