Tej Dyal
Partial Solar Eclipse 2021 Peckham, London
Partial Solar Eclipse - June 10th 2021 - 10am-12pm approx. From my East facing Window in Peckham, London.
I am sharing this image more as a reminder suvenir to myself as its not a very good capture because I wasn't focussed on imaging but on a spontaneous streaming with a couple of great companions from my Flamsteed Astronomy Society,
As I continue to restrict my astro viewing within my home indoors at my window sill, I could thankfully witness this rare and my very first Solar Partial Eclipse. But it was a challenge for all in London as it was a story of cloud eclipse totality! But despite 100% cloud, there are moments of thinner cloud that enables th eclipse to punch through but it also meant I needed to keep adjusting the exposure levels constantly to see the eclipse.
Just before the start of the eclipse, I spontaneously thought to invite on Zoom, a couple of my committee friends, Andy and Simon from Flamsteed Astronomy society, who were just chilling out in their gardens, trying to view the eclipse themselves through the cloud. They watched my streaming the clouded eclipse on Zoom (doubling up as a test of how effective streaming solar is from my setup and if the sunspots show up on their screens for possible future society wide event solar observing streaming events).
Because of their companionship and their nonstop jokey personas, it was a really enjoyable hour making this memorable and I thank them very much for sharing this event with me.
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Capture details
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Location: Peckham, London, East facing window
Light Pollution Bortle grade (1 darkest sky, 9 highest light pollution) : 8-9
Telescope: 80mm Equinox APO refractor
Solar Filters: Baader Solar Wedge, ND 3.0 amd ND 1.8
Mount: Nexstar 6/8SE Alt Az on a rectangular coffee table.
Camera: Neximage 5
Capture software: Sharpcap
One shot snap to mistakenly .png format instead of tiff.
Photoshop. Adjusted curve to increase contrast of sunspots and Spot healer to remove a pair of dust bunnies that are on the sensor (need to clean that sensor!)
Partial Solar Eclipse 2021 Peckham, London
Partial Solar Eclipse - June 10th 2021 - 10am-12pm approx. From my East facing Window in Peckham, London.
I am sharing this image more as a reminder suvenir to myself as its not a very good capture because I wasn't focussed on imaging but on a spontaneous streaming with a couple of great companions from my Flamsteed Astronomy Society,
As I continue to restrict my astro viewing within my home indoors at my window sill, I could thankfully witness this rare and my very first Solar Partial Eclipse. But it was a challenge for all in London as it was a story of cloud eclipse totality! But despite 100% cloud, there are moments of thinner cloud that enables th eclipse to punch through but it also meant I needed to keep adjusting the exposure levels constantly to see the eclipse.
Just before the start of the eclipse, I spontaneously thought to invite on Zoom, a couple of my committee friends, Andy and Simon from Flamsteed Astronomy society, who were just chilling out in their gardens, trying to view the eclipse themselves through the cloud. They watched my streaming the clouded eclipse on Zoom (doubling up as a test of how effective streaming solar is from my setup and if the sunspots show up on their screens for possible future society wide event solar observing streaming events).
Because of their companionship and their nonstop jokey personas, it was a really enjoyable hour making this memorable and I thank them very much for sharing this event with me.
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Capture details
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Location: Peckham, London, East facing window
Light Pollution Bortle grade (1 darkest sky, 9 highest light pollution) : 8-9
Telescope: 80mm Equinox APO refractor
Solar Filters: Baader Solar Wedge, ND 3.0 amd ND 1.8
Mount: Nexstar 6/8SE Alt Az on a rectangular coffee table.
Camera: Neximage 5
Capture software: Sharpcap
One shot snap to mistakenly .png format instead of tiff.
Photoshop. Adjusted curve to increase contrast of sunspots and Spot healer to remove a pair of dust bunnies that are on the sensor (need to clean that sensor!)