Solar Eclipse Of The Sun 2024

Taken from Eagle Pass, Texas

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  None
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None
• CAMERA:  Cannon EOS 30D DSLR with a 300 Millimeter Zoom Lens f/ 5.6
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None
• FILTER(S):  None
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  N/A
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  1 X 1 (3504 x 2336)
• EXPOSURE TIME:  3/5 second
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  1
• FILM SPEED:  ISO 100
• DATE/TIME:  04/8/2024 13:26 CDT
• LOCATION:  Eagle Pass, Texas

We decided to travel to Eagle Pass Texas from southwest New Mexico for the total solar eclipse and stay in a hotel in the centerline of totality.  We found a spot in the parking lot behind a 40 foot cargo container that was being used for a crew remodeling rooms. The weather was not looking good with clouds filling the skies.  However, there were just enough breaks in the clouds to see the 4 minutes and 22 seconds of the eclipse. Then a thick cloud layer floated over and blocked the moon's uncovering of the sun.  We were able to take some images through the clouds and here are some of them below.  The weather forecast was for rain and thunderclouds.  So we were grateful it worked out well.  

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