Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" by the media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts." My wife and I chased this eclipse in my pickup camper starting from Maryland and ending in Glendo, WY because weather forecasts kept pushing us westward. Two imaging setups were used. One with a Questar 3.5" telescope at FL 1500mm with a Canon 6D DSLR camera. The other setup was a Stellarvue 80mm FL 480mm refractor telescope with a Canon T2i DSLR camera. Both setups were controlled with a Windows laptop running Eclipse Orchestrator software to automate the multiple bracketed images.
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| This composite image of the extended corona was make with four sequences of images each ranging from 1/640 sec to 0.4 sec at ISO 200 taken with the Stellarvue telescope and Canon T2i camera. |
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| Second contact Diamond Ring effect taken through the Stellarvue and Canon DSLR. Exposure 1/160 sec @ ISO 200 |
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| Second contact Bailey's Beads effect taken through the Stellarvue with Canon DSLR. Exposure is 1/5000sec @ ISO 200 |
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| Third contact Bailey's Beads effect taken through the Stellarvue and with the Canon DSLR. Exposure is 1/5000sec @ ISO 200 |
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| Third contact Diamond Ring effect taken through Stellarvue with Canon DSLR. Exposure is 1/160 sec @ ISO 200 |
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| Solar Prominences taken with Stellarvue and Canon DSLR. Exposure is 1/5000 sec @ ISO 200. |
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| A Bailey's Bead taken through the Questar with the Canon DSLR. Exposure is 1/800 sec @ ISO 400. |