The low altitude of the Moon during the early part of totality and the later cloud and occasional rain showers prevented photography until after totality had ended (at approximately 21:07 UT). These images were obtained during brief breaks in the cloud thereafter:
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Cropped from a 2M pixel image, with gamma increased to 1.92 to bring out umbral shadow, and resampled to 40% in size. Obtained at 21:20 UT. 150 mm F/6 'scope, 25 mm Plössl eyepiece, Fujifilm Finepix A405 camera held afocally - causing slight camera shake. |
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Cropped from a 2M pixel image and resampled to 40% in size. Obtained at 21:34 UT. 150 mm F/6 'scope, 25 mm Plössl eyepiece, Fujifilm Finepix A405 camera mounted afocally with camera adaptor. |
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Cropped from a 2M pixel image and resampled to 40% in size. Obtained at 21:35 UT. 150 mm F/6 'scope, 25 mm Plössl eyepiece, Fujifilm Finepix A405 camera mounted afocally with camera adaptor. |
Last updated: 5 May 2004