Scattered clouds, but good views of the partial solar eclipse in-between at home in Cologne, Germany.
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Televue 2x
Camera: ASI2600MC Duo
Filter: Baader ASTF 100
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: SharpCap, 25 of 250 frames, 7 ms exposure at gain 0
Image processing: PixInsight, Lightroom
Different processing of the corona exposure series, using PixInsight’s FFTRegistration script to align the images, which worked rather well.
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Another image from the total solar eclipse of 08 Apr 2024, a highly processed HDR composite of the corona, using 13 x 2 exposures from 1/1000 to 4 s.
There was a bit of a focus problem which I noticed only when reviewing the telephoto frames. Thus, my TSE 2024 shots aren’t as sharp as they could be.
Location:
Pocahontas, Missouri, USA
Longitude 37° 29′ 56.412″ N, latitude 89° 38′ 34.074″ W, altitude 183 m (Xavier’s Google Maps tool)
Longitude 37° 29.9295′, latitude -89° 38.5659′, altitude 189 m (GPS reading Eclipse Orchestrator Pro)
Timezone CDT = UT – 5h
Again many, many thanks to the great local communicty, in particular Doris and Jim.
Circumstances (Eclipse Orchestrator Pro):
Duration 4m 08s
C1 – 17:42:01 UT – 12:42:01 CDT
C2 – 18:58:22 UT – 13:58:22 CDT – 13:58:22 camera time
C3 – 19:02:30 UT – 14:02:30 CDT – 14:02:29 camera time
C4 – 20:17:29 UT – 15:17:29 CDT – 15:17:29 camera time
Allsky view of the total solar eclipse.
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First batch of images from the Total Solar Eclipse of 08 April 2024. Many, many thanks to the nice community at Pocohontas, Missouri, USA for having us.
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The partial solar eclipse of 25 Oct 2022 over Cologne-Dellbrück, Germany. Partly cloudy skies provided a natural ND filter for these images. Alas, a complete cloud cover obscured maximum eclipse at 12:07 CEST with a magnitude of 0.33.
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Lacking the joys of eclipse chasing, at least a partial solar eclipse at home (annular in North America).
TSE 29 Mar 2006 – Totality Composite Inverted
For the anniversary of the 2006 total solar eclipse 2006 I re-edited the photographs and compiled a new composite from the totality exposures, see the corresponding gallery page. This was my first sucessfull attempt at photographing a total solar eclipse and that’s where this strange hobby started. In addition a first set of the other images from the Turkey trip are available in the gallery as well.
Zum Jubiläum der 2006er (ok, einen Tag drüber ;-) totalen Sonnenfinsternis habe ich die Bilder neu bearbeitet und ein neues Kompositbild aus verschiedenen Belichtungen während der Totalität erstellt, siehe Seite in der Galerie. Dies war mein erster erfolgreicher Versuch der Sonnenfinsternisfotografie und der Ausgangspunkt für dieses seltsame Hobby. Zusätzlich ist eine erste Teilmenge der Türkei-Reisebilder ebenfalls in der Galerie zu finden.
Ein ausführlicher Artikel zur Sonnenfinsternis am 29. März 2006 findet sich schon länger hier auf der Website.
Moon size at U3, TLE 27 Jul 2018 vs. 21 Jan 2019
As a follow-up to last month’s total lunar eclipse, this image shows the comparison of the apparent moon size at U3 (end of totality) with the previous eclipse of July 2018, both observed in Cologne, Germany.
Left: Total Lunar Eclipses of 27 Jul 2018 at U3 23:13:12 CEST, distance* Cologne-Moon 406 196 km, full moon at apogee, sometimes called “Micromoon”.
Right: Total Lunar Eclipse of 21 Jan 2019 at U3 06:43:24 CET, distance* Cologne-Moon 358 064 km, full moon at perigee, nowadays called “Supermoon”, giving rise to the blatant “Super Wolf Blood Moon” nuisance.
* Distance at meridian passing according to timeanddate.com