Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Following on from my earlier post, where I was unable to actually upload my timelapse,
I have since uploaded it to YouTube, where it can be viewed at: https://youtube.com/shorts/TfI1wuywdTo

This was a whole heap of images taken at 5 second intervals. As I described earlier, it goes from about
25 minutes in, through to about the 2/3s point, where the clouds moved in, lots of them. Considering the
forecasts, we had great conditions for most of it. I have heard from a lot of people who traveled to
Texas - which was forecast to be about the best conditions - and saw hardly anything at all.

Shame it wasn't total here...

As the un-eclipsed section moves around to the South, it shows a pretty good smiley-face...

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Very cool, especially when the sun appears to spin!
I wish I woulda thought of that.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Very nice!
Love a time lapse! It brings astronomy to life for the viewer.

What did you use to make your time lapse, Bloke?
(I use a very outdated version of Windows Movie Maker.)

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

I shot it on the SeeStar, and it took care of nearly everything. I told it to do a timelapse, and what the intervals were,
and away it went. I sat in the car, holding my phone, and occasionally recentering it on screen. It isn't very precise, as you
can clearly see.

I had hoped to capture the whole thing, but for some reason the scope couldn't find the sun. Even after I used a work-around to
center it myself, it still kept saying, nope, no sun here...

I had wanted to have a practice run, but we haven't seen the sun for some weeks. Sunday afternoon was the first time, and that
was when it first decided that we were orbiting an invisible object. I asked one of my contacts on youtube, and she had experienced
the same thing on hers. She suggested the work-around. It *did* work, but only after failing a whole bunch of times. That was how
I missed the start. This was literally the very first timelapse I had attempted, and I didn't think I could persuade the participants
to repeat it for my benefit!

I know this scope is no match for the equipment used by some of you guys, but I don't have a lot of available funds,
and I also have nowhere here to set up a 'proper' scope. I have no garden, and the door opens about 1 step from the sidewalk.
Fortunately, there is a church just across the street, and I can head to their parking lot. I have everything in the car, plus
somewhere to sit while my masterpieces are developing. That is an important factor these days. I do wish I had an enclosed yard
or garden, where I could set it going, and sit indoors watching progress on the phone or tablet.