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My equipment: Stellarvue refractor, 102mm dia, 914mm focal
length; Canon 60D at prime focus; Aluminized mylar solar filter for the entire event; Celestron CG-5 GOTO mount; portable battery pack to power the mount. |
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We setup the scope in the southerly parking lot of our hotel,
Extended Stay America, Rio Rancho, N.M., where we had a better view of the Eastern and Southern horizons. The weather was clear and chilly, with a few high clouds, but luckily the predictions of overcast skies did not come to pass! |
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Just after
1st Contact, and the Moon is beginning to cover the Sun. A few
high clouds were no problem! I was happy to see that there were a few nice sunspot groups that day. |
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Just at 2nd Contact. Annularity begins! Look closely and you can see where the mountains on the Moon's limb break up the sunlight. |
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| Middle of Annularity! For our location, annularity lasted 4 minutes and 50 seconds, the time between 2nd and 3rd contact. | |
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| Robin took this pic of the shadows on the pavement under a nearby tree. The spaces between the leaves acted like pin-hole-cameras creating images of the Sun during annularity! | |
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| Just at 3rd Contact, and annularity comes to an end... | |
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| The Moon continues to uncover the Sun. | |
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| We stayed (as usual) to watch this
eclipse right to the bitter end at 4th Contact. Next up...the Total Solar Eclipse from The Sea of Cortez, April 8, 2024! |
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