Solar Eclipse April 2024
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Environmental Data
Date: April 8, 2024 Start Time: 2:00PM End Time: 3:30PM SQM:
Moon Age: 0.46 days Moonset: 7:31PM Moon Illumination: 0.24%
Temperature: Humidity: Dew Point:
Location: Lake Placid, NY Sky Condition: Scattered high thim clouds
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: Gimbal tripod Camera: Nikon D750 DSLR Focuser: None
Telescope: 24-120mm lens set to 24mm Focal Reducer: None Filter: Solar filter
Rotator: None Power Control: None Dew Heater: None
Imaging Software
Mount Software: None Focus Software None
Control Software: None Platesolve: None Planning: None
Imaging Status
Imaging Software: Focus Platesolve:
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Guide Scope Data
Camera: Focuser: None Dew Heater: None Software: None
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Images Taken
Number of light frames: 757 Duration: 1/60 Gain: F/7
Temperature: Binning: Gain: ISO 640
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Number of flat frames: None Duration: Gain:
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: Photoshop
Processes utilized: Used Photoshop to stack interval of 5 minute exposures. Added background of Sawdy Pond to create a single image showing the progression of the eclipse.
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Notes: My wife and I travelled to Lake Placid, NY to witness the total eclipse. Our grand daughter lives on a farm just north of Lake Placid so we were able to combine visiting with her and viewing the solar eclipse.
We arrived about 2 hours before the eclipse started to setup. I used my Nikon D750 DSLR on a gimbal tripod.
I attached Nikon D750 DSLR with a solar filter. Built-in intervalometer set for 1 minute, and bracketing set for 5 shots (-1EV, -.5EV, nomibnal, +.5EV, +1EV).
Allowed the intervalometer to take images throughout the entire eclipse without moving the camera.
Solar Eclipse composition
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