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2024 Eclipse - Four Seconds Before C2 [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 7 months ago by lefty7283 to c/pics
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[–] lefty7283 25 points 7 months ago

Holy shit this was the most awesome thing I've ever experienced. I've been prepping for this eclipse ever since I got clouded out at the last minute for the 2017 eclipse, and almost everything went perfectly! (I didn't even hit eclipse traffic on the way home!) With the camera automated I got 163 HDR pics during totality, plus more from the partial phases, so expect to see some more pics in the coming weeks!

I really like how the diffraction spikes turned out from the Bailey's Beads, and how the blue turned out in my totality pics. I tried to keep the editing minimal on this, and just did some minor contrast and saturation adjustments (see below for more details). The corona in the image is definitely bluer than how it looked irl (which was mostly just white), but the prominence color is pretty close to what I saw through my other scope. I suspect it's because of the custom white balance I've had to use for my astro modded cam. For those curious here are my other C2 pics, unedited other than cropping

Captured on April 8th, 2024 from Sikeston, MO.

Places where I host my other images:

Flickr | Instagram

Equipment:

  • TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian

  • Orion Sirius EQ-G

  • Canon T3i (Ha modded)

  • Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector

  • Moonlite Autofocuser

Acquisition:

  • Single 1/4000" exposure at ISO 100

Capture Software:

  • Eclipse Orchestrator Free for automating the capture sequence

  • NINA for controlling the mount and autofocuser

Photoshop processing:

  • Just a crop, and some minor adjustments to exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, and blacks
[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The camera:

Why does my sensor hurt

[–] lefty7283 9 points 7 months ago

So it turns out camera sensors are perfectly fine being exposed to the last ~20 seconds of sunlight before an eclipse. I’ve decided that if I still have this cam in 2045 I’m going to sacrifice it to the sun by not putting the filter back on after totality, and letting it document its own demise.

[–] WhatsHerBucket 10 points 7 months ago

This is badass

[–] victorz 4 points 7 months ago

I'd love to see more of your pictures from the eclipse. Is there a way to get notified on Lemmy when you do post? I added you as a "Favorite" but I'm not sure if that does anything toward that end.