Back in August 2017 we had a solar eclipse. Many gathered to watch, eye protection was worn. But for some it was a different kind of challenge. Now to read all about it go to the Old Blue Bear’s Den here, and make sure to read part two here.
The focus of this post is what you see on the far left of the photo above. This is how a man with a very high IQ makes do with what he has in order to photograph a solar eclipse. Quoting him –
“If reading this next paragraph starts to make your eyes glaze over, that’s OK… ignore it. A couple people have asked, I used a 400mm telescope with an 80mm aperture, I had a Canon T3i camera with a Canon 2X Extender on it and was shooting from the laptop using the Canon EOS utility software. The telescope mount in the picture above is a homemade equatorial mount, well close to an equatorial mount, as the original tripod mount does not allow for a DSLR camera to be attached to a T-adapter at the rear of the telescope. The filter is one I made using ISO approved Solar film from Thousand Oaks Optical, and an adapter ring to allow me to screw the filter onto the tube extension of the telescope.”
