Annular Solar Eclipse on January 15, 2010

Mangshi, China

24°26'48.51" N, 98°34'23.39" E, 888m

 

 

 

Image My Sets For Observation
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Comments my sets for the observation: Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM + Canon EF 2x II Extender + Baader Solar Filter (neutral density 5.0) + GITZO G1228 MK2 tripod;

 

 

Image My Wear For Observation
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Comments My wear during the whole observation... a little bit funny? Pretty hot in linder! The image was captured by myself before the first contact;

 

 

The images below are sorted in timeline.

 

Contents

Weather

      Process of the Eclipse

08:11:28 UT
08:20:55 UT
08:31:52 UT
08:44:17 UT
09:06:55 UT
09:34:40 UT
10:16:19 UT

07:03:13 UT -- C1
07:03:39 UT
07:27 UT_st
07:58 UT_st
08:01:43 UT
08:06 UT_st
08:33 UT_st
08:37 UT_st
08:37:59 UT
08:38:20 UT
08:38:26 UT -- C2
08:39:07 UT
08:39:15 UT
08:39:20 UT
08:40:20 UT
08:40:51 UT
08:46:38 UT -- C3
08:52:48 UT
09:21:12 UT
09:41:57 UT
09:49:14 UT
09:58:13 UT
10:05:00 UT
10:05:32 UT
10:05:34 UT -- C4
10:05:37 UT

Note:
1) The label '_st' represent a stacked image.
2) The time of 'C1', 'C2', etc. are in accordance with predicted values.

 

 

Image The Sun Merely After the First Contact
Time 2010/01/15 07:03:39 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 400)
Exposure 1/1250 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments the image captured during my test of the camera thereby slightly out of focus;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 07:27 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 400)
Exposure 1/1250 s x 2 frames
Processing converted from raw format; two images of 07:27:29 UT and of 07:27:33 UT respectively stacked and processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 07:58 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/800 s x 10 frames
Processing converted from raw format; totally ten images from 07:58:02 UT to 07:58:12 UT stacked and processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments The silhouette was heading towards the two groups of sunspots.

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:01:43 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/800 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments occultation of the first group of sunspots;

 

 

Name The Uneven Lunar Limb
Comments cropped from the upper image in full resolution;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:06 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/800 s x 5 frames
Processing converted from raw format; totally five images from 08:06:18 UT to 08:06:20 UT stacked and processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments occultation of the second group of sunspots;

 

 

Name More Clouds
Time 2010/01/15 08:11:28 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/5.6; 1/1614 s;)

 

 

Name More and More Clouds!!
Time 2010/01/15 08:20:55 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/8; 1/1614 s;)
Comments I was feeling ominous about my observation...

 

 

Name Reappearence of the Sun Several Minutes Before the Annularity
Time 2010/01/15 08:31:52 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/8; 1/1614 s;)
Comments I became disappointed after reckoning that the clouds on the lower right of the sun would entirely prevent me from viewing the annularity... The fact afterward have precisely demonstrated my great accuracy of estimate unfortunately.

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:33 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/500 s x 5 frames
Processing converted from raw format; totally five images from 08:33:10 UT to 08:33:18 UT stacked and processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:36:56 UT - 08:37:06 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/500 s x 4 frames
Processing converted from raw format; totally four images from 08:36:56 UT to 08:37:06 UT stacked and processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:37:59 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/125 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments clouds interference;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:38:20 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/8000 s
Processing Exposure decreased to -1.00 eV in the Edit Panel of ACD See Pro 2.5; converted from raw format; followingly single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference; chromosphere captured??
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (7.7 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:39:07 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/800 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference; image slightly out of focus wierdly maybe due to inadvertent touch of the focus ring during panic;
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (8.3 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:39:15 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/1600 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference; image slightly out of focus wierdly maybe due to inadvertent touch of the focus ring during panic;
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (7.6 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:39:20 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/2500 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference; image slightly out of focus wierdly maybe due to inadvertent touch of the focus ring during panic;
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (7.9 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:40:20 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/6.3
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/8000 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference; image slightly out of focus wierdly maybe due to inadvertent touch of the focus ring during panic;
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (8.0 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:40:51 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/8.0
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/8000 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25;
Comments clouds interference;
Click on the image to display the full resolution image version (8.4 MB, PNG format).

 

 

Name Realization of the Nightmare
Time 2010/01/15 08:44:17 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Comments The annularity was to be over within approximately 2 minutes. Given the situation, the game was already over for me...

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 08:52:48 UT
Optics unfiltered Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/13
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/2000 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.25x resized;
Comments clouds interference; the first image captured since the annularity;

 

 

Name More and More Clouds Breaks...
Time 2010/01/15 09:06:55 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/3.5; 1/1614 s;)
Comments Clouds began reducing after the annularity...

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 09:21:12 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/500 s x 2 frames
Processing converted from raw format; two frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments clouds interference; image slightly out of focus; worsening seeing;

 

 

Name Fewer and fewer Clouds!!
Time 2010/01/15 09:34:40 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/5; 1/1614 s;)
Comments I was feeling ominous about my observation...

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 09:41:57 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/11
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/8000 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frame processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.25x resized;
Comments clouds interference;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 09:49:14 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 200mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/200 s x 3 frames
Processing converted from raw format; 3 frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments worsening seeing;

 

 

Image The Sun and A Bird
Time 2010/01/15 09:58:13 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 180 mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/200 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments a bird apparently inside the disk; worsening seeing; clouds interference; focal length shortened inadvertently; image out of focus;

 

 

Time 2010/01/15 10:05:00 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 180 mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/100 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments worsening seeing; focal length shortened inadvertently; image severely out of focus;

 

 

Image The Sun Merely Before the Fourth Contact
Time 2010/01/15 10:05:32 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 180 mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/100 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments worsening seeing; focal length shortened inadvertently; image severely out of focus;

 

 

Image The Sun At the Fourth Contact
Time 2010/01/15 10:05:34 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 180 mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/100 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments worsening seeing; focal length shortened inadvertently; image severely out of focus;

 

 

Image The Sun Merely After the Fourth Contact
Time 2010/01/15 10:05:37 UT
Optics Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 L USM set to 180 mm + Canon EF 2x II Extender, f/5.6 + 5.0 Baader ND Filter
Camera Canon EOS 30D (ISO 200)
Exposure 1/100 s
Processing converted from raw format; single frames processed with Fitswork V 4.25; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments worsening seeing; focal length shortened inadvertently; image severely out of focus;

 

 

Name Clear Sky!
Time 2010/01/15 10:16:19 UT
Camera Canon PowerShot S3 IS (6 mm; f/5; 1/1614 s;)
Comments What a mischief!!!

 

 

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