Sunday, June 21, 2020

2020/6/21 Partial Solar Eclipse

We had a partial solar eclipse of over 89%!

But it was so hot so that I went out only when it's so near the deepest moment, here is a brief record:


I only brought minimal equipment, leaving my Solarmax at home:


And for visual observation, I had my Canon 18x50 IS with Baader filters.


People tend to look up but it's interesting to look down:



I went to another nearby location near the end of the event:


I noticed that there were some unusual cloud when the sun was blocked by the cloud, over processed to bring out the detail:


While processing the images taken this afternoon, I found there was a 4-5 minutes of clock skew in my DSLR!