• 8 April 2024 Solar Eclipse Collage
    • 8 April 2024 collage
  • Start at the bottom right and snake up and
  • around ending at the top left.
  • Date:  8 April 2024 3:28:14 p.m. EDT
  • Telescope for Corona:  Askar FRA300 pro (300mm f/5 Petzval)
  • Guiding:  tracking only
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5 mount
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Color CMOS, cooling off, gain 100
  • Pixel size:  3.76 μm
  • Resolution:  2.593 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  no filter
  • Stacking:  ten 3 millisecond frames stacked in Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  30 milliseconds
  • Telescope for Solar Disk:  Orion 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
  • (measured 1379mm, f/10.9, nominally 1540mm, f/12.1)
  • Guiding:  tracking only
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Color CMOS, cooling off, gain 90
  • Pixel size:  4.78 μm
  • Resolution:  0.715 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  Thousand Oaks full aperture Solarlite safe solar filter
  • Stacking:  single 3 millisecond frames processed using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  3 milliseconds per frame, one frame each 60 seconds
  • Collage of hand selected frames about 7 minutes apart assembled using GIMP
  • Location:  Jay Peak near Newport, VT