Thanks for your comments. I think the haze in the air caused the atmosphere to be brighter than what might be typical. And with a very distinct corona it made it difficult to see stars and planets, other than Venus which was exceptionally bright. I think so many of us were looking at camera screens that if we had just focused on "up", we probably would have seen more stars and planets. It certainly was an eerie dark without the typical light scattering we get at sunrise and sunset. I was amazed at how quickly it got dark and light at C2 and C3. Truly an incredible and generally indescribable experience! Jared On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Those photos are awesome. Am delighted you got the flares/prominences during totality and a good shot of the full corona. The sensor on the video camera was overloaded with Baily's Beads, but settled down for the diamond ring. I tried to get a wide field view of the eclipse, but the corona was so bright it overpowered the sensor. Did do a 360 pan during mid eclipse to show how dark it got. Not as dark as expected. Dave Bernson though it more of a turquoise rather than blue/black. There were some thin clouds around and so not possible to see planets. Heard others did see them.
Joan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Smith" <jared@smithplanet.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 10:39:54 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] My eclipse photos
http://smithplanet.com/archives/the-great-american-eclipse
I'm thrilled with how well the photos came out. Feedback is very welcome.
I used an 8" Newtonian telescope with a Canon T2i DSLR at prime focus and a Canon T5 with a 250mm IS telephoto lens. Both an an equatorial mount.
Exposures were controlled and fully automated via Solar Eclipse Maestro - this is some amazing software. All I had to do was adjust the mount pointing occasionally to keep things centered and remove/replace the filters when prompted - it did all the work for both cameras capturing 326 photos with the correct ISO, exposure time, and mirror lock up settings.
It was an incredible experience! I'm making plans for 2024 already.
Jared Smith
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