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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 5:43:02 GMT -5
Well the weather today for the eclipse was good with a few clouds passing by , all in all a good day . this first lot of photos is the gear . My sweet 127mm Istar f8 doublet on its HEQ5 mountit is fitted with a 1.25inch 'Hershell wedge' and today I used a 12.5mm ED eyepiece . As usual all photos are with my Windows 1020 hand held over the eyepiece un-touched and I hope you all enjoy we had a great day , man I took over 210 photos . Brian.
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 5:45:43 GMT -5
Here is a couple more . Brian. Attachments:
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 5:47:50 GMT -5
Now the friends that took a day off work to come around for a look , that's 2 of them in the equipement section above , Alex and Allan .
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 5:53:35 GMT -5
A few more , note my black singlet over their head's , it was clean . The last photo is me . Brian.
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:05:57 GMT -5
Now the eclipse , started at 1.17pm and finished at 4pm local time and was 59% at max.
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:07:44 GMT -5
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:09:12 GMT -5
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:11:05 GMT -5
more ... the moon starting to move away
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:12:58 GMT -5
slipping away ...looked so good as the moon slid passed the sun spots ,,
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:14:43 GMT -5
almost over ,,, getting close to the end . Yes man this was a fun 2 and 3/4 hours . Attachments:
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:18:19 GMT -5
Now a couple of close ups of the large sunspot group and the moon , using my 3mm LP eyepiece thats 333x ,, it was super hard getting these 2 shots . Attachments:
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 29, 2014 6:26:46 GMT -5
And finially ,,, 'Your's Truly' , out from under the black singlet that did all of us so well all afternoon . All in all a marathon viewing session , only one of my mates had even looked thru a scope , let alone a partial solar eclipse and my ISTAR/Hershell wedge combo worked a treat .. giving awesomely detailed images and these photos don't do justice to this combo , but , hey its cool for cats and I love my Istar . signing off now , yours . Brian . Attachments:
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Post by Mike on Apr 29, 2014 17:02:13 GMT -5
Very nice post Brian. Nothing like telling the whole story. You realize if any non-astronomy people see this post they'll think that a family of criminals were hiding their faces from the camera Mike
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Post by bn1777 on Apr 30, 2014 2:23:01 GMT -5
Thanks Mike , it was a great afternoon but tiring for me as the 6 mate's bar one had never looked thru a scope before so it took a while to even explain what they were seeing but the part I love about out reach is when the penny drops and they understand what they are seeing ,,,, after me telling them that the white ball in the eyepiece is 2 million km across and the moon is only 5000km across. ( 5 times each ) Yea a real bunch of burglers alright , LOL . Mike the Istar performed wonderfully as said and the photos don't do justice to what was seen with the eye , most of that CA is a camera artefact as it could not work out what to shoot most of the time due to my shakes ..needed a cold beer for sure . Awsome afternoon ? , it sure was and here is me doing what I love the most ,, using my Istar and teaching people about our beautiful universe . Brian.
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Post by boomboom on May 1, 2014 2:00:25 GMT -5
Really nice Brian. It's great to share the scope with the unwashed ain't it? Did that the other night with my beastie on the Gaunt….Where do I look? Ohhh in here, puts finger on the glass of the eyepiece …sigh! Had a chuckle at the pics of you all under towels and coats etc Matt
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