Department of Astronomy Dr. Howard L. Cohen

Associate Professor Emeritus

DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences  •   University of Florida
Gainesville  •   Alachua County  •   Florida 		Department of Astronomy
Ye Stars! Which are the poetry of heaven
– Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Miscellaneous Images and Animations

Most photos taken with a Canon 35mm SLR Film Camera or a simple Canon Point and Shoot Digital Camera

(Clicking on image will usually bring up largest image available)

Images © 2004–2008 H.L. Cohen

Note many pictures depict solar eclipses. Want to see the longest total eclipse in your lifetime & travel to mysterious China?
Then see China Solar Eclipse Tour 2009
Corona, Total Solar Eclipse (Click for larger image)
CORONA
Total Solar Eclipse
Baja Calif. Sur (1991 July 11)		 Diamond Ring (Click for larger image)
DIAMOND RING
Total Solar Eclipse
Baja Calif. Sur (1991 July 11)
 Total Solar Eclipse
THE GREAT TOTAL ECLIPSE
OF 1991
Baja Calif. Sur
(1991 July 11)
 Lunar Eclipse Morning!
ON THE MATANZAS RIVER
Lunar Eclipse Morning
St. Augustine, FL
(2003 Nov. 8)
Total Lunar Eclipse (Click for larger image)
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Gainesville, FL (2004 Oct. 27)


 Total Lunar EclipseComposite (Click for larger image)
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE COMPOSITE
Gainesville, FL (2004 Oct. 27)

 Venus-Jupiter Appulse (click for larger image)
THROUGH THE GAINESVILLE CANOPY
Venus-Jupiter Appulse
Gainesville, FL
(2004 Nov. 5)

 Gainesville Partial Solar Eclipse Animation (click for S. Pacific Tour
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
Gainesville, FL (2005 Apr 8)
Graphic Animation
by HL Cohen
Pictures (below) show as total eclipse from South Pacific Ocean

TRANSIT OF VENUS
Crete (2004 June 8)		 Transit of Venus Animation (click for larger version)
TRANSIT OF VENUS
Graphic Animation
(2004 June 8)
by HL Cohen		 Eclipse Animation
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MOVIE
(From 1991 & 1998 Solar Eclipses)
First Contact, 2005 Apr 8 (click to enlarge)
FIRST CONTACT
Total (Hybrid) Solar Eclipse
Ms Paul Gauguin
(Look at top.) Click image to enlarge South Pacific Ocean (2005 April 8)
 Chromosphere & Prominences, 2005 Apr 8 (click to enlarge)
CHROMOSPHERE & PROMINENCES
Total (Hybrid) Solar Eclipse
Ms Paul Gauguin
South Pacific Ocean
(2005 April 8)		 Diamond Ring, 2005 Apr 8 (click to enlarge)
DIAMOND RING
Ms Paul Gauguin
Total (Hybrid) Solar Eclipse
South Pacific Ocean
(2005 April 8)
First Contact, 2005 Apr 8 (click to enlarge)
ECLIPSE MOVIE
Note spectacular "sun halo" as clouds parted at second contact. Venus becomes visible near right edge (click to enlarge)
Total (Hybrid) Solar Eclipse
Ms Paul Gauguin
South Pacific Ocean
(2005 April 8)
 Green Flash, 2005 Apr 7 (click to enlarge)
THE GREEN FLASH
YES — THE GREEN FLASH IS REAL!
Click for enlarged scene
(But also see enlarged version on right)
Ms Paul Gauguin
South Pacific Ocean
(2005 April 7)		 Green Flash, 2005 Apr 7 (click to enlarge)
GREEN FLASH ENLARGED
YES — THE GREEN FLASH IS REAL!
(From previous frame)
Ms Paul Gauguin
South Pacific Ocean
(2005 April 7)
Atlantis Launch: STS-115 (Click for larger image)
Atlantis (STS-115) Contrail
Gainesville, FL (2006 Sept. 8)
Dist. 129 mi to Cape		 Animation of the 2006 Transit of Mercury
2006 TRANSIT OF MERCURY
Graphic Animation
(2006 Nov. 8)
by HL Cohen		 Waxing Crescent Moon and Venus (Click for larger image)
CRESCENT MOON & VENUS
Alachua, FL
(2007 Jan. 20)		 Young Crescent Moon (Click for larger image)
YOUNG CRESCENT MOON
20.6 hours old
(Airplane contrail below cresent)
Univ. Florida Campus, Gainesville, FL
(1989 Apr. 6)
Atlantis Launch: STS-115 (Click for larger image)
Atlantis (STS-117) Launch
Seen from Gainesville, FL (2007 July 8)
Dist. 129 mi to Cape		 Animation of the 2007 July 19 Occultation of Regulus
2007 REGULUS OCCULTATION
Gainesville, FL
Graphic Animation (2007 July 19)
by HL Cohen		 Total Lunar Eclipse (Click for larger image)
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Wilmington, DE
(2007 Aug 28)
5:39 a.m. EDT
(abt. 13m before totality)
Canon Powershot A710
ISO 100, 1s, f/4
Foc. L. 10.0 mm		 Total Lunar Eclipse (Click for larger image)
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Wilmington, DE
(2007 Aug 28)
5:49 a.m. EDT
(abt. 2m30s before totality)
Canon Powershot A710
ISO 400, 1s, f/4.8
Foc. L. 34.8 mm
Total Lunar Eclipse of 2008 Feb. 20
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Gainesville, FL • 2008 Feb. 20/21 (Totality 10:01 to 10:51 p.m. EST)
TeleVue-76, f/6.3 APO Refractor + 20 mm Plossl
+ Canon Powershot A710 (Afocal Method), Foc. L. 5.8mm, ISO 200, f/2.8
Left: Partial Eclipse 09:20 p.m. EST, 1/400s
Center: Inside Totality 10:35 p.m. EST, 10s
Right: Reentering Penumbra 10:55 p.m. EST, 10s
 		   

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