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This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 23 November 2003, observed from India's Antarctic station Maitri. It was seen in the photograph that the shadow of the Moon was only able to cover the middle area of the Sun such that the Sun looks like a heavy ring during the eclipse captured from the horizon.

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

This item was about the total solar eclipse that occurred on 24 October 1995 at Neem Ka Thana in Rajasthan. In the collection three photographs were captured at different intervals during a solar eclipse. The first photograph shows the Sun as fully covered by the Moon, creating a half-ring. The second photograph displays the Sun's corona as a bright, heavy ring, and the third shows the Sun as a light ring.

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

This item was about the measurements of spectrum and solar spots. It is divided into two parts. The first part describes the scale division of the spectroscope micrometer that defines the bright lines observed in the spectrum of the southeast by east prominence and the ordinary lines in the solar spectrum that were measured before and after the eclipse. The second part includes a sketch depicting the principal solar spots measured at Masulipatnam on August 18, 1868. The sketch shows four spots: A, B, C, and D.

Pogson, Norman Robert

This item was about the hand-colored picture of the Sun, as observed by N.R. Pogson at Masulipatnam with the Smythian five-foot Telescope from the Hartwell observatory, which has a power of 52. In the picture, Pogson has made two sketches of the solar eclipse, explaining how the Sun was seen immediately after the disappearance and how it was seen immediately before the reappearance.

Pogson, Norman Robert
IND-IIA-F272 · Fond · 1993

The album contains photos of Sir Arnold Wolfendale and his wife Audrey Darby during the visit to IIA Bangalore in 1993 for the event of the 1993 solar eclipse. The album includes photographs of the talk by eminent personalities from the field of astronomy in the library meeting hall and participants and of the observation site.

Indian Institute of Astrophysics