@joelshort wrote:
Some friends and I traveled to southern Illinois, near Golconda, to watch the eclipse. It was incredible and for the most part we had decent viewing conditions. Unfortunately a rogue cloud with evil intent blocked most of totality. The cloud cleared the eclipse with about 15 seconds left of totality so we were able to see the amazing corona for a very short time and the diamond ring as the sun started to reappear. Also the day turning to night, birds stopped singing and cicadas starting to chirp was an eerily amazing phenomenon. Even with the cloud, well worth the trip!
I took a few images of the partial phases with my Nikon D5300 and SV80ST and of course SGP. I know SGP isn't exactly ideal for eclipse photography, but it's what I know and I could script it all out and then not worry about fiddling with equipment during the show.
I put together a simple animation of the partial phases. Nothing special and you've seen it a hundred times already, but this is my very first solar imaging experience and first with a DSLR so I'm happy with how it turned out.
You know where I'll be on April 8, 2024!
Click for larger image on my website.
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