The October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse, in a single image captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun, at 10:27
The October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse, in a single image captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun, at 10:27 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon, Utah, a site well south of the centreline, with 3m03s of annularity. This was shot at the start of annularity. The feature of note is the "reverse Baily's Beads" at top where the thin line of sunlight breaks up into beads due to the rough cratered edge of the Moon. Seeing conditions also contribute to exagerrating the beads, in a "black drop" effect that extends any connection between the dark lunar disk and bright solar disk. North is up in this close-up through an Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler refractor, a telescope I have used at five central solar eclipses as of this eclipse, including two annulars: this one and on May 10, 1994. Thiis is 1/400-second at f/12 (using a 2x Barlow lens for an effective focal length of 1200mm) and Canon R5 at ISO 100 and in cropped-frame mode. The telescope was equipped with a Kendrick/Baader Mylar type of solar filter. This is a single frame from a high-speed burst of 340 frames shot at sexond contact.
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