Gazing Up At Totality - 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
During totality, Fred Espenak takes some time to view the corona through his binoculars. His two Losmandy equatorial mounts each carrying two telescopes were automated to shoot images throughout the 2 minutes 26 seconds of totality. The twilight effect surrounding the horizon is cause by scattered sunlight from outside the lunar shadow. A thin layer of cirrus clouds were present and interferred with some of the outer corona imaging.
This image is available as a Custom Print.
Additional eclipse photos can be seen at: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery.
For more information on this event, see: EclipseWise 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.
Technical Details
- Title: Gazing Up At Totality - 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Date/Time: 2017 Aug 21 at 17:45 UTC
- Eclipse Circumstances: Altitude = 54°, Azimuth = 143°, HA = -1.41
- Location: Casper College, Casper, WY
- Tripod: Manfrotto pocket tripod
- Camera: Sony A6000
- Lens: Rokinon 8mm (Full Frame Fisheye)
- Exposure: 2 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200
- File Name: TSE2017-W5024w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Exposure Adjustment, Clarity, Sharpening, Noise Reduction
- Processing (Adobe Photoshop CC2017): Curves
- Rights: Copyright 2017 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
