Partial Eclipse of the Sun 2008-Feb-07

I took a photo every minute of the Sun being eclipsed by using the method of projection from a telescope. I then combined all the images to make a video, but some of the quality was lost in this process. The video runs at 150 times the real speed of the eclipse.

I had to stop recording a little after mid eclipse as the Sun was going behind trees. Also there are a couple of glitches where I had to move the telescope, camera and card onto which I was projecting into a different place because of tree shadows.

For more information about lunar and eclipse cycles see:
http://www.cyclesresearchinstitute.org/lunar.html
http://www.cyclesresearchinstitute.org/lunar/saros.html

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Science & Technology

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• partial
• solar
• eclipse
• sun
• by
• moon
• projection
• method
• telescope
• astronomy

[artynz]

Yes, a real partial eclipse of the Sun. The moon is the black part.

[artynz]

Thanks guys. These were my first comments on YouTube so I am chuffed. I wasn't sure until now whether I understood how comments got here.

[Denicestar]

is it real?i wish i had watched it in real life. :l

[pooglewoogl17]

thats a perfect moon

[eclipsesonic]

This eclipse was annular over Antarctica and the south pacific. It's great to this video of the eclipse. I can't wait to see any pictures of the eclipse when it was annular, if there will be any. Great video. 5 STARS.

[zebruh]

That is actually REALLY cool! I like to watch it it not as a mere crescent shape, but as if I am atually looking at the sun with the moon passing in front of it. That makes it much more interesting.