Interesting article and video about seeing the eclipse from the atmosphere on Bad Astronomy blog. http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/high-school-kids-get-video-of-the-eclipse…-from-32000-meters-above-the-earth
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I went to Madras, Oregon to view the total solar eclipse at Oregon Solarfest. I setup a couple of cameras. The first was using a solar filter over a telephoto lens on my Canon. I took a couple of shots during the first contact phase. The main effort was using the Lunt and ZWO to
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I decided to purchase the solar filters I researched before. The installing was very easy. I had noticed a video on Rainbow Symphony’s website on how to do the installing. I add to double up the felt but it was good fit. Unfortunately, it was rainy today so not able to test.
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In working through getting our supplies for the solar eclipse trip, I was thinking about getting a pair of solar binoculars to match the kid’s smaller solar binoculars. But, decided to pass since I hope to get a solar telescope. But, than as I was skimming one of the eclipse books I purchased, I saw
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In preparation for the solar eclipse of 2017, I decided to get a few books. The first was Total Solar Eclipse 2017 by Marc Nussbaum.
Sometime back in 2015, I created a future task to start planning for the solar eclipse in 2017. Earlier this year, a post on Seattle Astronomy talked about viewing the eclipse from Madras, Oregon at Oregon Solarfest. The website has changed a lot since then but was very simple back in the spring. I sent
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