Comments by "Solar Eclipse Timer" (@solareclipsetimer) on "I Accidentally Photographed Something Unknown During the Eclipse - Smarter Every Day 298" video.

  1. Hi Jeff! Great to meet you in Jackson also. That was a fun day! Your eclipse day video and Destin's capture the essence of the event for all of our friends and family to remember the eclipse.
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  2. Thanks for seeing that I really care about teaching people about the wonder of eclipses.
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  3. Thanks for using my app and your support.
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  4. Thanks for your comment. I hope I taught you something about eclipses.
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  5. That is a old way to do that eclipse sequence, so I was thrilled that we succeeded. I started off imaging eclipses with slide film in 2001. That was just at the beginning of digital SLR cameras. So, this plan with Destin is based on this historical perspective of eclipse photography.
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  6. Thanks for your comment. I knew we could do the shot, but there is a lot that can go wrong.
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  7. Thank you for your nice comment!
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  8. Thanks for your comment and your support!
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  9. Thanks for your nice comment!
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  10. Hi Naz, thanks for the nice comment. You are doing great work yourself to educate people about astronomy.
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  11. Good question. It's Earth's light reflected back upward illuminating the satellite from below. Remember, for us on the ground it's only dark in the path of the eclipse, everywhere else is still lit by the Sun. But also, for us in the path, the sky is darkened enough to see the satellite illuminated from below.
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  12. Thanks for using the app.
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  13. Thanks!
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  14.  @PotatoSaladwthMarmalade  Yes, I have hours of solar eclipse educational content and more to come. Subscribe and share it.
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  15. I was so thrilled that we pulled it off!
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  16. We had a great time!
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  17. When I first started imaging eclipses in 2001 and 2002 I used 200-speed ektachrome slide film. This way we could give eclipse presentations with the old Kodak slide projectors.
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  18. Glad my app worked for you. Thanks for the support.
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  19.  @TooSlowTube  Those are all forms of internal reflections of the bright light of the eclipse bouncing off various surfaces of the glass optics in the camera lens.
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  20. Good question. It's curved because the Sun follows the path of the ecliptic through the sky. The eclipse is happening, yes, but the Earth is rotating so the path of the Sun (and the eclipse) is a Sun-setting motion to the West. The path of the Sun curves through the sky.
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  21. Thanks for your comment. I was so happy that we did it. It's tricky to pull it off.
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  22. Nice comment. I will keep that in mind.
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  23. Thanks. Eclipses are my "thing'." I love teaching about them.
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  24. I am glad we pulled it off. It takes a lot of planning. And a lot can go wrong and mess it up.
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  25. Good question. The camera was fixed but the eclipse moves in the sky due to the Earth's rotation. It moves approximately 40 degrees in the sky from C1 to C4.
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  26. Learn about the Purkinje Effect for me. That will make me happy.
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  27. I was really happy we pulled that off! A lot of things can go wrong.
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  28. Thanks for your comment!
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  29. Thanks!
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  30. We pulled it off! Amazing! I lot could have gone wrong.
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  31.  @LisaBowers  Hi Lisa, thanks for your comment and your support. I am glad I helped you out!
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  32. Thanks for your nice comment!
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  33. Thanks!
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  34. Thanks. I was wonderful that Destin still likes film photography and was willing to try this technique.
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  35. Thanks for your comment. I love to teach people about solar eclipses.
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  36. Thanks for your comment!
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  37. Thanks for your comment!
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  38. IT was a great day and Destin documented it so well.
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  39. Thanks for your comment. Yes, Egypt and an eclipse over 6 minutes. Nice!
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  40. Thanks for your comment. I am glad I got you inspired to enjoy eclipses
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  41. Thanks for you comment and your support. I am glad we motivated you to prepare for the eclipse.
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  42. Thanks for your support. Glad the app helped you.
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  43. It's reflected light up from the Earth from where there is not the darkness of the umbra path. But since we were in the path the sky was dark enough to see the satellite lit form below from the reflected light. The same thing happens everyday, but you don't see the satellite because the Sun is so overwhelming bright in the entire sky.
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  44. It was just a few seconds after C3, just after the diamond ring. A quick peek then is fine.
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  45. Thanks for your comment!
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  46. Yes, the satellite is lit from below from reflected light form the Earth. Remember it is only dark for the narrow width of the path of the umbra.
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  47.  @cachetheline  The reflected light from the Earth is the answer. That is what I meant about the fact that the narrow path was the only area of darkness. The rest of the surface of the Earth is illuminated well and bouncing a lot of light upward. I have an exposure of the corona from which my 1-second exposure illuminates the surface of the Moon due to Earthshine! And because the pass happened right at C3, the sky is still dark enough to see the satellite lit from below against the darkened sky. The same thing happens on a normal day to the underside of the satellite, but you can't see it because the sky is overwhelmingly bright from the Sun.
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  48.  @cachetheline  Yep, you got it now. It's lucky timing and illumination. Just guessing, but 15 or 20 seconds later the sky might have been too bright to allow the satellite to be imaged distinctly from the background sky brightness.
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  49. We waited to approximately mid-totality to take the corona shoot. A few seconds off would not be noticable in the image.
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  50. Thanks for commenting. So glad you had a great day and saw the eclipse!
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  51. Hi, On August 2, 2027, a solar eclipse crosses North Africa, and the totality duration in 6m 20s in Luxor, Egypt.
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  52. You can "touch" the camera to close the viewfinder in between shots. There is also a point where you have to touch the camera to change the shutter speed. What you can't do is shift the position of the camera. Destin did not discuss the details, but the tripod was held to the ground with spikes and cable ties so it can't be moved. The camera head on the tripod was locked down right before the first shot is taken. After the first shot, you can't shift the position of where the camera is pointing, but you can "touch" it.
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  53. Those progressing dots of light are called Baily's beads. It is light from the Sun coming through the uneven edge of the Moon due to mountains and valleys.
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  54. I was so happy that we pulled it off.
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  55. Thanks for using the app. Glad it helped despite the clouds.
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  56. Thanks for your support. I am glad that the app helped you!
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  57. Ouch! One of the problems with using an intervalometer. Yes, to do it correctly, you need to stop the intervalometer, remove the solar filter, and take bracketed corona shots, then replace the solar filter, go back to your partial phase shutter speed, and re-start the intervalometer.
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  58. Thanks for your nice comment!
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  59. Good observation. At that point, it was just a few seconds after the diamond ring and there were some high cirrus clouds dampening the light. It was perfectly safe for short naked eye peaks. But NOT safe magnified at the point!
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  60. Thanks!
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  61.  @timrink256  That's great! Thanks for your support! I am so glad the app helped you enjoy the two eclipses.
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  62. Thanks for your support!
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  63. That ended up being a spontaneous response that was funny in retrospect.
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  64. You start the sequence by taking the first partial phase image in the top left hand side of the frame. You have to plan ahead for the Sun to move across the sky about 40 degrees from the beginning to the end of the eclipse.
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  65. Thanks!
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  66. Thanks for your comment!
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  67. Good thinking. The satellite is lit by the light reflected back up from the Earth. It is dark only in the path, but plenty of light is reflected upward. Since the brightness of the Sun is blocked in the path of the eclipse, it allows you to image the satellite. On a normal day, the Sun overwhelms the sky with light so the satellite would not be visible.
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  68. 6 minutes and 20 seconds in Luxor. The longest one left in our lifetimes.
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  69. Hi, yes, you are correct, reflected light from the Earth. But the reason you can see the satellite during the eclipse is because in the path of the eclipse, the sky is dark enough. On a normal day it would not be visible due to the bright Sun.
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  70. Thanks for your comment!
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  71. Thank you for your comment. I love teaching about eclipses.
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  72. Cool that you heard that! That was my son, coaching Destin's son, on the section of imaging diamond ring and Baily's beads. They both had a great time!
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  73. Thanks for your comment and your support by using the app. Sorry about the clouds.
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  74. Thanks, I really love to teach about eclipses!
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  75. Thanks for that nice comment!
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  76. Thanks. I was so thrilled that we pulled off the shot.
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  77. Thanks for the comment. It actually that color pattern to remind people to look for the Purkinje Effect during the eclipse, right before C2.
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  78. It was a great day and a great technique to succeed with. Thanks for commenting!
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  79. The goal was to reproduce the way eclipse photographers used to do this type of eclipse shot before digital cameras and Photoshop. It's for the challenge of trying to do the entire thing perfectly. The set up, the field of view, the timing, the exposures. It hasn't been done this way in a long time. It was fun to pull it off.
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  80.  @kwelchans  Thanks for mentioning that you used my app also!
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  81. People need to teach and share their experiences with others to help them be successful.
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  82. Correct. We wanted to get the spaces before and after totality as even as possible.
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  83. Thanks for your comment.
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  84. Appreciate that. I love teaching people about eclipses.
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  85. Thanks for your comment!
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  86. Thanks for your comment. Egypt will be awesome!
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  87. Yep, the Sun will move about 40 degrees from left to right, so you need to make sure you have enough field of view on the film. You need a little padding on the left and right sides so you also need to plan when to start with the first image. The camera was working at about a 35mm FOV, so it had a horizontal FOV of about 54 degrees.
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  88. Thanks for your comment!
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  89. Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
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  90. You are correct. It is to the point where they will be in every almost astrophotography image when there is an angle to the Sun over the horizon.
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  91. Thank you for that nice comment.
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  92. Thanks! I was thrilled that we did it.
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  93. It's Fine to look at the last part of diamond ring into Baily's beads with your eyes. But NEVER with magnification like binoculars or a telescope. Can't use magnification until into full totality.
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  94. Thanks for your comment!
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