Solar Eclipse
August 21, 2017
Here are photos from the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. At maximum eclipse, the moon covered 85% of the sun at our home in Northumberland County, Virginia. Here are three photos -- beginning, middle, and maximum.
These photos were made using a Sony DSCP93 digital camera attached to my Orion XT-12 Dobsonian reflector telescope.
1:19 PM EDST, August 21, 2017
Moon's shadow just appearing on the sun's disk.
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2:00 PM EDST, August 21, 2017
About halfway to maximum
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2:44 PM EDST, August 21, 2017
Maximum eclipse, moon covering 85% of the sun's disk