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Maximum Annularity712 viewsThis was the closest I could get to maximum annularity, when the outer edge of the Moon's disk is equidistant at all points from the edge of the Sun.
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Tulip Nebula - Sh2-101712 viewsAn emission nebula about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The shape vaguely resembles the outline of a tulip.
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M15 - Globular cluster in Pegasus712 viewsContaining over 100,000 stars, 175 light-years in diameter, 33,600 light years from Earth. This is one of the oldest (12 billion years) and most densely packed globulars in the Milky Way.
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Sunset, 7:57 PM711 viewsThe unfiltered setting Sun.
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M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy711 viewsAbout 3 million light-years away, this is the third-largest member of the Local Group, which includes M31 and the Milky Way.
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Totality minus 10 minutes711 viewsC2 - 9 min 29 sec
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The last glimmer711 viewsAbout 30 seconds before Second Contact.
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Totality 2711 viewsIf you look closely, a prominence can be seen at approximately 9 o'clock on the disk of the eclipsed Sun.
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NGC281 - PacMan Nebula, narrowband version711 viewsA narrowband version of the PacMan, obtained with a one-shot color CMOS camera and an IDAS NBZ nebula enhancement filter, with H-alpha mapped to red and O-III to blue.
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Messier 106 and companions708 viewsThe large spiral galaxy at left is M106, lying at a distance of 22 to 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. A myriad of other galaxies are in the frame, of which the two most prominent are NGC 4248 (closest to M106) and NGC 4217 (disk at right).
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Post-Totality 2708 viewsBut at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
- Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress
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First contact plus ~45 minutes707 viewsAbout 3/4 through pre-totality.
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