• Total Solar Eclipse of 2024-04-08
  • New Pommier Observatory
  • New Images with CDK400 System
  • Nebulae
  • Galaxies
  • Star Clusters
  • Solar System
  • Supernovae
  • Previous Observatory & Telescope
  • About

Rod Pommier Astrophotography

  • Total Solar Eclipse of 2024-04-08
  • New Pommier Observatory
  • New Images with CDK400 System
  • Nebulae
  • Galaxies
  • Star Clusters
  • Solar System
  • Supernovae
  • Previous Observatory & Telescope
  • About

After First Contact

After first contact, the moon can be seen to be taking a small bite out the sun’s disk. A large sunspot group can be seen near the center of the sun’s disk with another smaller group to the left. Solar granulations and plages can be seen along the upper left solar limb.

Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Telescope/mount: Celestron Super C8+ with Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and Thousand Oaks glass solar filter.

Camera: Canon EOS mirrorless R8. 1/1000 second exposure at ISO 800.

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