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The moon went in front of the sun (social.goodanser.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The moon went in front of the sun

There were some clouds, but I managed to catch a usable photo or two

Oympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II

300mm, f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 200

#eclipse #Eclipse2024 #moon #photo #phtography #SolarEclipse #TotalSolarEclipse @photography #darktable
https://zaktakespictures.com/the-moon-went-in-front-of-the-sun/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Anyone else notice the divit at the bottom? I saw it real time but wasn't sure if it was just my perspective. Seems like it showed here too.

By divit, I'm talking about an itty bit of sun showing at the bottom.

Is it a larger crater on the moon? Light refraction cause by the gravity of the moon?

[–] JasonDJ 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I viewed from the Perot Museum in Dallas and the announcement came on that it may have been a solar flare that was visible to the naked eye (due to the eclipse).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I watched some of the nasa livestream since I don’t have eyewear in a ~96% area, and it’s total overcast anyway. They basically said it’s a ~~CME (or flare?)~~ edit: “solar prominence”, and not surprising due to the sun being near the most active phase of its 11-year cycle.

Pretty cool that one made such a clear appearance. If you search for solar flare, you’ll see images of that similar arch visible in the photo. Must have been amazing to see one with the naked eye.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It just looked like a little pink dot on the edge without magnification.

[–] JasonDJ 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, it was the cherry on top (or bottom) of observing a total solar eclipse.

There were a few telescopes set up at the Perot, but I wasn't able to view totality through them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

You talking about Bailey's beads or the little red "pimple" looking thing on the bottom?

Bailey's beads are caused by the not-smooth lunar surface letting light pass in irregular ways.

That little red bit was possibly a solar flare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

We noticed and I was able to focus our amateur telescope.... It was incredible, like a neon sign extending from the sun

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably a software or deployment bug. Some asshole fucked up our rolling update of this shard. Won’t see another update in quite awhile

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Twenty years from what I heard! Man, what kind of schedule is that?!?