Here are a couple of pinhole projections of this morning's #SolarEclipse in the #LosAngeles area. The image on the left was taken around 9:45am PT, and the right about 10 minutes later.
I forget how far you're supposed to hold the paper, but it mostly looks like a fingernail clipping anyway.😆
Might upload another image later. It's supposed to end in about 40 minutes.
Partial annular eclipse. There were too many clouds to get a view through the telescope with the solar filter on and I wasn't going to burn my eyes out by taking it off. This was the best I could do. There is a definite shadow in the upper left. It got noticably dimmer and the birds went silent. Pretty cool. #astronomy#annulareclipse#AnnularSolarEclipse
Back on June 10, 2021, I was lucky enough to have clear skies to get some shots of the annular solar eclipse (even though it was only partial). Hoping for clear skies for tomorrow's eclipse!
I have had 2 radio interviews about the solar eclipse on Sat. and I keep having SUCH TERRIBLE impostor syndrome. I'm like...99% sure I'm telling people the right time to watch for it. But what if I'm wrong?! Everyone in Saskatchewan (who listens to the 2 radio programs I've been on) will miss it! (Also the library where I volunteered to show it haha). Anyway, if you're near me, you should make a pinhole and watch the projected sun be eclipsed at 10:30am CST on Saturday. (I'm pretty sure).
@sundogplanets
I may take the easy way out and make a cardboard box viewer. I have solar filters for a 50mm long focus refractor through which I took the image below, and a NexStar 5SE.
The fun of watching through a telescope is you can see a few irregularities on the circumference of the silhouetted moon that are peaks of mountains. But the box viewer is much less trouble.
The 50mm refractor gave me this sequence of images from the #annularEclipse of 1994.
Intending to shoot the upcoming Annular Eclipse on 14 Oct 2023? If you haven't made your plan yet, this webinar replay might be just the thing for you:
"14 Oct 2023 Annular Eclipse: Last Minute Planning for Photographers”
Did you know there's an annular solar eclipse next month? Nicknamed the Ring of Fire, the Moon is too small to cover the Sun and leaves an annulus of light around its silhouette!