What a Show!

I’ll do a series of longer posts at some point, but I wanted to dash off a quick one with a picture to compare with the corona shape prediction in the last post.  It was a beautiful sight, made more so by sharing with family and good friends.   I shot with 4 cameras (one was just a point and shoot, shooting video of the scene).  The below is from a Canon T3i, 100mm, f/4, 1.3 sec, ISO 100.  Also visible are Mercury (very bottom), Regulus (bright at left), and Mars (top right quadrant).

The prediction was pretty good.   They streamer they missed coming straight up was nice surprise I wasn’t expecting.  But knowing the orientation of the poles was _very_ helpful for aligning the 400mm scope.  I look forward to the hours I’ll spend playing with these shots.