• File: Annular eclipse 5-20-12

    Annular eclipse from Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. Taken through a Zenithstar 66mm APO with a Nikon D90.
  • File: Annular eclipse 5-20-12

    Annular eclipse taken from Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. Taken through a Zenithstar 66mm APO with a Nikon D90. (7:39 pm MDT).
  • File: Annular Eclipse Family Portrait

    After the eclipse peaked I took down my telescopic gear. That's when I got this shot of my mom, my youngest brother and myself, reflected in a Thousand Oaks solar filter, with the eclipse shining through the filter in the center of the image.
  • File: Annular Eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA. Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus with Byers fork mount with f/6.3 focal reducer-corrector. Canon 20D DSLR. Thousand Oaks Optical type 2 full aperture glass solar filter. The majority of the annular eclipse as seen from Redding, CA. The sequence begins...
  • File: Annular Eclipse, May 2012 in Vallejo, California.

    Collage of the annular eclipse of May 2012, from Vallejo, California. William Optics 90mm Megrez with Canon XTi. 1/125th second exposures at F/0
  • File: Annular Solar Eclipse with Clouds

    Taken at Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding, California. Just before eclipse maximum, some thin clouds moved in front of the sun, creating the red effect.
  • File: Baily's beads during second contact

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA Date and Time: 2012-05-20, 18:27 PDT Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 second. Baily's Beads are areas where the Sun's...
  • File: Black Drop Effect of 2nd Contact, Transit of Venus

    by Rod Pommier Telescope: Celestron Super C8 Plus with Fork Mount. and Byers drive, f/6.3 focal reducer-corrector. Camera: Canon EOS 20D DSLR. Exposures: ISO 800, 1/1000 second, all exposures. Other equipment: Thousand Oaks Optical glass, full aperture, type 2 solar filter. Location: Haleakala...
  • File: May 20 Annular Eclipse

    Taken just before sunset, an image of the eclipsed sun appears just below the actual sun. I'm not sure what phenomenon I captured here!
  • File: May 2012 annular solar eclipse from Shiprock, NM

    Solar eclipse at it's deepest phase, May 20th 2012 at 07:34 P.M. MDT, outside of Shiprock, New Mexico. Meade 4.5 inch newtonian, with a Orion 5.81" Solar glass filter. Taken with a Olympus C-750 UZ. 1/320 second, at f/2.8, ISO 50.
  • File: Partial phase, annular eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA. Date:2012-05-20 Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposure 1/1000 second. An image of the partial phase of the annular eclipse, showing ingress...
  • File: Second Contact, Annular Eclipse of May 20, 2012

    by Rod Pommier Location: Redding, CA, USA Equipment: Celestron Super C8 Plus, Byers Fork Mount. Thousand Oaks Optical full aperture Type 2 glass solar filter. Canon 20D, ISO 800, Exposures all 1/1000 second. The moment of second contact of the annular eclipse.
  • File: Solar Eclipse from Los Angeles

    Nikon D300 camera with a 300mm f/2.8 lens at f/32, 1/1000 sec exposure. Advancing marine layer negated the need for a solar filter.
  • File: The biggest puff

    Here is a picture of an enormous proeminence on the sun. I used my Celestron NexImage to capture the big puff. I set the time limit to 20 sec. 200 frames were stacked in Registax 5.0. The result was then worked with PS CS3: black and white tranfer, Gaussian blur, unsharp mask, levels and curves, coloring...
  • File: Venus transit intervals - June 5, 2012

    On June 5, 2012 we packed up our equipment and drove up to Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN where we joined the Cumberland Astronomical Society for their public outreach of the Venus Transit. While there, we captured all the data for this image. At the same time, we were sharing the...