22-07-2009 HK Partial Eclipse

Today is a long waited solar eclipse. It is a long day for me. Handling several telescopes and photographic equipments made me busy perhaps very excited! Luckily I got some closed-up, wide angle and some movies. However, the webcam didn’t work well and finally ruined the H-alpha photos. The auto focus of the DV didn’t work properly, so eclipse movie gone! What are left are some photos. Shortly after the eclipse activity, I got several appointments to go. I don’t have time to process the photos today. Here are some pre-release.

I was busy setting telescopes and photographic equipments


C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 1600, 1/250s (8:16am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 1600, 1/250s (8:32am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 1600, 1/250s (9:04am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 1600, 1/250s (HKT 9:23am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 800, 1/125s (HKT 9:39am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 800, 1/250s (HKT 10:13am)

C5, Thousands Oaks 2+, HEQ5Pro, Prime Focus, D90, ISO 800, 1/125s (HKT 10:31am)

By the way, I didn’t catch the last 15 minute of the eclipse because of the bloody clouds! Good grief!