The radial intensity profile at the extreme solar limb was measured with high angular resolution during the October, 1977 partial solar eclipse using the Owens Valley solar interferometer at 2.8 cm and the VLA at 6 cm. Substantial limb brightening was observed at 6 cm, with a peak brightness temperature corresponding to an 80% increase over the disk value. Much less limb brightening was observed at 2.8 cm. In each case an extended “tail” to the brightness distribution was detected. The results at both wavelengths are consistent with a simple model in which a rough chromosphere is overlaid by a corona in hydrostatic equilibrium with a density of 5 × 108 cm−3 at its base.
Study of Saros cycle and non-partial solar eclipse with Newton mechanics approach
