Scientists Track Sollar Eclipse From Air Craft

Solar eclipse trackers on the ground were not be the only ones studying the spectacle as the Indian Air Force (IAF) and astrophysicists conducted experiments and filmed the celestial event from a fighter jet and a transport aircraft. A Mirage-2000 fighter jet and an AN-32 medium lift transport aircraft took to the skies early this morning with a team of astrophysicists and IAF personnel onboard who carried out some experiments and filmed the longest total solar eclipse of the century.The fighter aircraft took off from the IAF airbase in northern city Gwalior, while the transport aircraft with scientists from Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology flew from Agra towards Khajuraho in central state Madhya Pradesh. Scientists from Noida-based Vigyan Prasar, Udaipur-based Solar Observatory and Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics participated in the experiments and the filming.

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