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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads654 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.
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My Setup on the Upper Pads645 viewsI set up where I could get a good view of the Sun all the way from first contact to sunset.
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First contact plus 4-1/2 hours - White Light View645 viewsFor the last act I switched to a mylar white-light filter, just for a change of pace.
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The Setting Sun644 viewsThis unfiltered photo conveys an impression of the end of the eclipse as most observers saw it.
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The Sun - Just prior to First Contact (Hydrogen-Alpha View)643 viewsVenus has not yet begun to encroach on the Sun's disk
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Prior to First Contact641 viewsWith the H-Alpha setup, the Sun doesn't entirely fit into the field of view of the 70mm scope.
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First Contact plus 6 minutes641 viewsThe lightweight mount I was using made the scope sensitive to vibration - hence the shaky picture.
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It's almost over639 viewsThe Sun is obscured by a bush as it nears the horizon.
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Pre-Totality 8635 viewsAnd over Sicily the air
Still flashing with the landward gulls
And loom and slowly disappear
The sails above the shadowy hulls
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As good as it gets631 viewsThis image, captured near the end of totality, shows the rominences as well as the incipient diamond ring,
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First Contact plus 1 hour, 11 minutes583 viewsVenus plods its way along the top of the Sun's disk. (Not a mistake - these pictures are 180 degrees reversed from the visual view.)
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First Contact plus 2 hours583 views
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