On the 8th of April there was a Total Solar Eclipse that crossed the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, traversed the USA, into Canada, before setting over the Atlantic Ocean. After switching plans based on the last minute weather reports, I decided on Vermont instead of Dallas. While totally overcast in the few days before the eclipse, there were clear skies all day, right up to the eclipse. Some slight high thin cloud did pass by just before the totality, but thankfully this was not enough to prevent spectacular views of the Corona. The Eclipse lasted 3mins 17s from my location, and clearly visible were bright extending prominence's on the Solar edge. While I took some pictures during the last moments of the Sun disappearing and re-appearing behind the Moon, I managed to manually fire off a sequence of differing exposures which I was able to combine to show the Solar Corona in all its glory.
Pictures range from 1/4000s to 2s with an FS60CB 600mm telescope Canon Ra, on a Sky Watcher Tracker mount.
The Helix image is a combination of shots taken right before, and right after Totality to show the Suns Chromosphere, and Prominence's.
