Total Eclipse from 2017
Oct 17, 2019 18:19:22 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
In August of 2017 I went to Victor Idaho to catch the total Eclipse of the Sun. Below are a few of the pictures I took at the event. All the photos where taken with a canon EOS 60D DSLR connected to an 5 inch Apo refractor being guided on a Losemandy G11 mount (except for the one my wife took of me standing near the scope). The first two shots were taken with a filter to greatly dim the sun. In these shots you can see several sunspots as well as some of the convection cells on its surface (the convection cells give it that somewhat mottled appearance).
Just after the Eclipse started
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Almost there
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Diamond Ring
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Baieys Beads as a bit of sunlight gets through the lunar mountains
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Solar Corona during totality
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Prominences at the edge of the sun
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Close up of Prominences
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End of Totality
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The telescope and me
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Oct 17, 2019 18:30:53 #
Eric2018
Loc: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fantastic series. I'm sure the images, which are excellent, don't capture all the excitement of being there. Looks crowded.
Oct 17, 2019 19:43:49 #
Oct 17, 2019 19:56:15 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Eric2018 wrote:
Fantastic series. I'm sure the images, which are excellent, don't capture all the excitement of being there. Looks crowded.
Yep. Thanks for checking out the pictures. The event was an awesome experience. In the last minute before totality it was as if someone took a rheostat and turned the sun off. Your eyes adapt during the initial part of the eclipse so you don't notice how the light is fading until the just before the sun is completely covered. It became cooler and the horizon in all directions appear to be a uniform twilight. People were in gasping awe. You could easily see Venus, Jupiter and Saturn with the naked eye while in totality. I plan to go to the total eclipse in April 8th 2024 that will run through Texas and up towards the east coast of the US.
Oct 17, 2019 20:47:57 #
Jun 11, 2021 22:42:00 #
Ballard wrote:
In August of 2017 I went to Victor Idaho to catch ... (show quote)
I believe you were right behind my 5th wheel at the RV Park in Victor. It was a great event. Nice scope by the way.
Jun 12, 2021 19:41:38 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
alberio wrote:
I believe you were right behind my 5th wheel at the RV Park in Victor. It was a great event. Nice scope by the way.
Yep. We where both there and realized it in a discussion on the second page of the link below on the Mercury transit.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-618831-1.html
Jun 12, 2021 21:15:47 #
Ballard wrote:
Yep. We where both there and realized it in a discussion on the second page of the link below on the Mercury transit.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-618831-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-618831-1.html
That's right, it's all coming back to me now.
Jun 13, 2021 03:37:53 #
Jun 13, 2021 15:31:23 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
angler wrote:
Superb set.
Hi angler
Thanks for checking out the eclipse shots from awhile back and for the comment.
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