We were deeply impressed by the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, which led us to start planning for the 2024 eclipse right away. Mexico and Texas emerged as the best locations, according to various discussion forums of amateur astronomers and “eclipse chasers.” We had decided to view the eclipse from Dallas, Texas. However, celestial events, much […]
Featured Photo (July 18th): We took this photo from Pinnacles National Park; our first chance at seeing this comet in truly dark skies. Initially, we went to the east side of Pinnacles, but there were hills blocking the view, so it wasn’t very conducive to photography. After scouting for some time, we found a backroad […]
Location: 17 miles north of Mitchell, OR. 44 44 09N 120 0 23W We were at a private ranch (converted into a temporary viewing site with RVs/Tents). There were reports of heavy traffic over the weekend, so we decided to drive overnight on Friday. We Reached the site on Saturday by noon. We set up […]
We observed the annular solar eclipse from Trinity Lake KOA on May 20th 2012. The time lapse sequence is taken through AT111, AstroZap filter with Canon 60d mounted on Atlas EQ-G. Sun was also active with 3 big sunspot groups. We also observed the sun through Coronado in h-alpha with few prominence seen clearly during the […]
