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About
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Route of the expedition:
Prague - London - Johannesburg
- Harare - Lusaka - Livingstone - Victoria Falls - Bulawayo - Masvingo -
Beitbridge - Mesina - Neilspruit - Johannesburg - London - Prague.
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Duration:
15.6.-1.7.2001.
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Expeditioners: Petr
Kulhánek, David
Břeň, Martin
Žáček, Pavel
Břichnáč.
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The whole path:
25 000 km.
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Path through the Africa
continent: 4300 km.
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Visited countries:
Republic of South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Experiments
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Measuring of the
temperature and lighting with a modulus prepared before the journey.
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Taking photographs with
the digital camera Nikon Coolpix 995 (object-lens
TC -E3 ED).
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Taking photographs with
the MTO 1000 object-lens (lended by the Rokycany Observatory).
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Recording the eclipse with
camcorder Sony CCD PRV59E Hi 8.
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All-sky shooting of the
partial eclipse phase with the camcorder.
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Elaborating the material
by radial mask method.
Financial support
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Grant J04/98:212300017 „Research of Energy Consumption Effectiveness and Quality“
CTU Prague.
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Research Program INGO LA 055 ”Research in Frame of the International Center on Dense Magnetized Plasma”,
Ministry of Youth and Education of the Czech Republic.
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Grant of the „Research
Center of Laser Plasma“ LN00A100, Ministry
of Youth and Education of the Czech Republic.
Acknowledgments
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The expeditioners are
grateful to the Department of Physics of the FEE CTU for the financial
support.
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The expediitioners are
grateful to the Rokycany Observatory for lending the MTO 1000
object-lense, tripod, and all-sky camera mirror.
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The expeditioners are
grateful to Mr. Jiri Hofman and Mr. Vaclav Svab for preparation of
the measuring modulus.
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The expeditioners are
grateful to Mr. Jaroslav Petrovicky from the workshop of the
Department of Physics for preparation of the modulus stand.
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The expeditioners are
grateful to Mr. Miroslav Herna for quick aluminization of the mirror
for all-sky camera.
Interesting places we had
visited (except Lusaka, where the observations took place)
   
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