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  • This is an animation of every 1/4000" frame I took during/around totality. For most of totality I was looping HDR sequences and had one of these frames roughly every 15 seconds, but around each contact I bursted these short frames to get the beads. The animation lasts for the entirety that my solar filter was off, which was about 13 seconds before/after each contact. I think it's cool seeing the motion of the moon relative to the sun like this. Since imgur compression is kinda shit, here's a (slightly) less compressed version on youtube.

    Captured on April 8th, 2024 from Sikeston, MO.

    Places where I host my other images:

    Flickr | Instagram

    Equipment:

    • TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
    • Orion Sirius EQ-G
    • Canon T3i (Ha modded)
    • Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
    • Moonlite Autofocuser

    Acquisition:

    • Single 1/4000" exposure at ISO 100

    Capture Software:

    • Eclipse Orchestrator Free for automating the capture sequence
    • NINA for controlling the mount and autofocuser

    Processing:

    • Manually aligned the frames in photoshop based on the prominences
    • Exported frames as tiffs
    • PIPP to make final gif at 16fps