Eclipse Community

Since we are on the Eclipse community forum and today is a total eclipse day which is visible only in nothern America, here are some links about this rare event:

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024

NASA dedicated site: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

The map: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eclipse-map-2024-1920-1.png?w=2048&format=webp

Interactive map: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/

NASA live streams on Youtube:

Telescope feed:




Official broadcast:

I got a chance to see it today ... YAY!!

I've finally gotten around to going through all these pictures I took.

The Eclipse as seen through a photolithographic plate captured by a XZ1 Compact.

The first pictures didn't look good, this is a 7 year old phone after all.
However, I had the idea of trying manual mode, and settled on 50 ISO, 1/30 SS, manual focus around 2/3-3/4ths towards the infinite end, and wow, it's actually pretty good for such an old phone.
During totality I removed the filter and looked at it raw, adjusting ISO and shutter speed varyingly. Here are the rest of the best of pictures from this.
Very cool I would say.

Rest of the pictures I took if you're interested.
https://files.catbox.moe/lmb6de.7z