Solar Eclipses today
Eclipses important for studying outer layers of sun
- Chromosphere and corona
- thin layers important for understanding solar activity
- studied in Chap. 8
Eclipse used to measure bending of light by gravity
- Star’s positions altered by Sun’s gravity
- Supported Einstein’s theory of gravity
- “General Relativity” -- Chap. 5 and Ast 102
Nice annular eclipse in Rochester May ‘94 f. 3-19
- see photos next to B&L 453