{"id":1032,"date":"2019-08-13T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrofoto.ro\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2024-05-04T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T14:02:52","slug":"eclipse-fiesta-chile-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrofoto.ro\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse Fiesta, Chile 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This was my 11th total solar eclipse and definitely one of the most beautiful I’ve seen due to low elevation of the eclipsed Sun.<\/p>\n

My observing point was some 60km east of Punta Colorada, in a remote area, just south of Atacama region, at 1788m altitude with a great vista to the eclipse passage. From that point, we could actually see the ocean (well, covered by clouds) and the entire valley to the shore.<\/p>\n

The corona was elongated, as expected, but washed out by the low atmosphere and low solar activity. The same with the 7-o’clock prominence witch was faint, the same elevation from chromosphere as 2017TSE, but fainter.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the umbra was just fantastic, almost in conical shape from our vintage point and the colors of the horizon, shapes and tones cannot be resembled in pictures!<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures from our trip to Atacama, images of the TSE and three videos with the passing umbra from two different locations. Before departure to my observing site, I set up a small camera on the balcony of our room and the images are spectacular, with the crowds enjoying the phenomenon, from the beach of La Serena.<\/p>\n

Equipment: Camera – Panasonic Lumix S1R and Panasonic Lumix S1; Telescope – CFF Oil Spaced Triplet 80\/6; Mount – Astrotrac 2, Tripod Heads Manfrotto, Carbon fiber tripod. This time, no software for the acquisition of the images.<\/p>\n\n\t\t