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2024 Eclipse - Four Seconds Before C2 [OC]

Holy shit this was the most awesome thing I've ever experienced. I've been prepping for this eclipse ever since I got clouded out at the last minute for the 2017 eclipse, and almost everything went perfectly! (I didn't even hit eclipse traffic on the way home!) With the camera automated I got 163 HDR pics during totality, plus more from the partial phases, so expect to see some more pics in the coming weeks!

I really like how the diffraction spikes turned out from the Bailey's Beads, and how the blue turned out in my totality pics. I tried to keep the editing minimal on this, and just did some minor contrast and saturation adjustments (see below for more details). The corona in the image is definitely bluer than how it looked irl (which was mostly just white), but the prominence color is pretty close to what I saw through my other scope. I suspect it's because of the custom white balance I've had to use for my astro modded cam. For those curious here are my other C2 pics, unedited other than cropping

Captured on April 8th, 2024 from Sikeston, MO.

Places where I host my other images:

Flickr | Instagram


Equipment:

  • TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian

  • Orion Sirius EQ-G

  • Canon T3i (Ha modded)

  • Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector

  • Moonlite Autofocuser

Acquisition:

  • Single 1/4000" exposure at ISO 100

Capture Software:

  • Eclipse Orchestrator Free for automating the capture sequence

  • NINA for controlling the mount and autofocuser

Photoshop processing:

  • Just a crop, and some minor adjustments to exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, and blacks
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Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse

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https://github.com/Balackburn/Apollo

You'll have to install AltStore (or Sideloady) on your computer + phone to resign the app each week (this can happen automatically if they're on the same wifi network). You can make your own personal API key at https://old.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ (It's limited to 100 requests per 10 mins, which you wont run into browsing by yourself). Also as long as you moderate a subreddit (I think even if it's just an empty one you make), NSFW content wont be blocked on the API.

Also while you're sideloading, I'd highly recommend uYouPlus for a better youtube app