Kodaikanal Observatory, Kodaikanal: Recent submissions

  • Photometry of Solar Corona to Study the Coronal Structures 
    Chakraborty, P; Sankarasubramanian, K; Majumder, S; Rajesh Nayak, K; Sridharan, R; Jana, A. D; Rajalakshmi, G; Suresh, D; Asgekar, A; Geetha, K. P; Rajesh, C. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    White light images of the solar corona were taken on KODAK 2415 films using 3-inch (f/11.5) telescopes fitted with SLR cameras. Observations were made from 4 different sites spread over the totality belt by four different ...
  • Photography of Solar Corona Using Indian Air Force Aeroplane 
    Ramani, M; Cowsik, R; Singh, J; Shukla, A. K (Wg. Cdr.); Ravi Shekar (Sqn. Ldr.); Narayana, P. V. S (Fg. Offr); Shaji, P. K (Fg. Offr.); Paul, S. K (Fg. Offr.); Shelkey, S. N (J.W.O); Babu, K. R (J.W.O); Kamble, V. B (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    The teams of the Indian Air Force participated actively in the programme. They made several supersonic flights to follow shadow zone of the moon on earth along the path of totality, thereby extending thte duration of ...
  • Determination of Linear Polarization of Solar Corona from Observations of the Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Srikanth, R; Sharma, Mangala; Rajaguru, S. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    Photographs of the Solar Corona were taken using a refractor telescope and polarizer during the Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995. Two sets of photographs with 0.5 second and 1.0 second exposure, for different orientations, ...
  • Broad Band Photometry of Solar Corona during the Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Bagare, S. P; Aleem, P. S. M; Singh, J; Saxena, A. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    A 30 cm coelostat, a red broad band filter, and a 15 cm objective providing an f/15 beam were used to obtain high resolution picture is recorded with its top around 2Ro, in the near north polar region. The nearest YOHKOH ...
  • Search for Hydrogen-alpha Emitting Cool Pockets in Corona During the Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Cowsik, R; Singh, J; Raju, K. P; Saxena, A. K; Samson, J. P. A; Naidu, B. N (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    Narrow pass band hydrogen alpha filtergrams were obtained during totality at Kalpi, to look for cool pockets of H-alpha emission in corona first observed by Bappu and Bhattacharyya during the 1970 Mexican eclipse observations. ...
  • High Resolution Multislit Spectroscopy of Solar Corona in two lines during the Total Solar Eclipse of Oct. 24, 1995 
    Singh, J; Gupta, S. S; Cowsik, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    Two coronal emission lines 5303 Armstrong (Fe XIV) and 6374 Armstrong (Fe X) corresponding to ionization temperatuess of 2 and 1 million degree kelvin respectively were used to obtain the high resolution coronal spectra ...
  • Fabry-Perot Interferometric Observations of the Solar Corona in the Green Line 
    Raju, K. P; Singh, J; Muralishankar, S (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    An imaging Fabry-Perot interferometer was designed and used for coronal observations in the green line (FeXIV) 5303 Armstrong. The observations were carried our at Nim Ka Thana, Rajasthan, India during the total solar ...
  • Narrow Band Photometry in Emission Lines during the Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Singh, J; Cowsik, R; Venkatakrishnan, P; Srinivasan, R; Chinnappan, V; Raju, K. P; Srikanth, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    To investigate the spatial variation of tempereture and density within coronal strucures, narrow band photometry in three coronal emission lines was done during this eclipse. The emission lines 6374 (FeX), 7892 (Fe XI) and ...
  • CCD Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Verma, V. K; Wahab Uddin; Gaur, V. P; Joshi, G. C; Bondal, K. R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    The observations of the solar corona during the Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 were attempted in white light and in narrow band filters with peak wavelenghts centered at 5303 Armstrong (FeXIV) and at 6474 Armstrong ...
  • Ultra-low Spatial Resolution Photometry in Near-infrared to Detect the Solar Dust Ring 
    Singh, J; Cowsik, R; Raju, K. P; Mohin, S; Ravi, K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    There are conflicting reports about the existence of the dust ring around the Sun. An experiment to detect the solar dust ring was performed by IIA group during the total solar eclipse of Oct. 24, 1995. A near-infrared ...
  • No signature of Circum-Solar Dust Ring up to 5R. from Optical Polarization and Near IR Observations of 24 October 1995 Total Solar Eclipse 
    Prasad, C. D; Ambastha, A. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    A circum-solar dust ring, consisting of interplanetary particles, is believed to be situated at 4R., and temporarily variable in anti-phase with the solar activity cycle. The signature of such a ring should be observable ...
  • A Study of Inner Solar Corona during Total Solar Eclipse of October 24, 1995 
    Saxena, A. K; Cowsik, R; Lancelot, J. P; Samson, J. P. A; Bagare, S. P; Ismail, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1997)
    To study the inner corona during the total solar eclipse of October 24, 1995, an experiment was setup at Kalpi, the second location of the two IIA camps. Continuous broad record at regular interval at 40ms (TV rate) using ...
  • Compton Broadening Due To Electron Scattering 
    Peraiah, A; Srinivasa Rao, M (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1993)
    We have investigated the effects of Compton broadening due to electron scattering in the hot stellar atmosphere, quasars, AGN's etc. We considered a purely electron scattering media. The Compton effect scattering function ...
  • Stellar Winds in O and B Type Stars: Hydrogen Atmosphere 
    Peraiah, A; Varghese, B. A (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1993)
    We present the results of calculations of radiation driven stellar winds O-B stars. The equations of conservation of mass and momentum are solved self consistently with the equation of line transfer. The influence of ...
  • Telescope drive requirements and design of a Microcontroller based drive and display system 
    Chinnappan, V (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1993)
    Optical telescope is a precision instrument which gives images of stars and galaxies when the telescope is pointed towards them. To design a good telescope drive, the requirements of a good telescope is to be well defined. ...
  • Laser Damage Threshold studies on Ion Plated Perylene Thin Films 
    Subbarayan, A; Balasubramanian, C; Narayandass, Sa. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1991)
    Perylene thin films were deposited on cleaned glass substrates by ion plating technique in r.f.glow (10 MHz) sustained by argon gas of pressure 0.399 Pa. Laser-induced damage threshold of these thin films has been studied ...
  • Optical Phase Conjugation in Iodine Solutions 
    Vijaya, R; Murti, Y. V. G. S; Sundararajan, G; Prasada Rao, T. A (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1991)
    Results of experimental investigations on the optical phase conjugation in iodine solutions are reported in this paper. Degenerate four wave mixing is performed at two different wavelengths - one within the resonant regime ...
  • Use of Lasers in Satellite to Earth Communication Link 
    Sundar Kumar Iyer, S; Mukunda Rao, M (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1991)
    With the growing demand of communication requirement all over the world, there is no way out to go in for higher carrier frequencies. A far sighted move be to in for laser communication links in areas like earth to satellite ...
  • Rib Waveguide polarizer in GaAs/AlGaAs 
    Gupta, V. L; Sharma, E. K; Tripathi, K. N; Srivastava, G. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1991)
    Metal clad wave guides have an extremely large differential attenuation of TE and TM states of polarization and can be used to design efficient intergrated polarizers. Described here is a AlGaAs rib wave guide polarizer ...
  • Fast Photometry Uisng CCD 
    Srinivasan, R; Muralishankar, S; Rajamohan, R (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1991)
    Observations of certain objects which exhibit fast changes in their light output seems to be of great interest in optical astronomy. Important informations can be obtained on their internal structures of the stars through ...

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