Both come in a dizzying array of options but for a solar eclipse magnification is more important than aperture and center-field imaging is more important than flat-field (which you’d want for dim celestial objects). You need good glass (a nice lens or telescope). There are some things that you need to shoot great astrophotography. Don’t worry, I’ll show you how you don’t have to, either. These reference points can be calculated mathematically based on your position on Earth but math is hard and I didn’t want to do that math. These references are commonly abbreviated as C1, C2, C3, and C4, and here’s what they mean:Ĭ1 is the point where the moon first “touches” the sun.Ĭ4 is the moment that the moon no longer covers the sun They are called First Contact, Second Contact, Third Contact, and Fourth Contact. Solar Eclipse Terminologyīefore we get started, there are four major milestones during a solar eclipse that I will reference in this article. It had to be portable, it had to be completely automated, and it had to work. I had done a lot of research and knew that totality could render the most well-prepared photographer boggled for the scant few minutes that totality lasted, so I set out to automate the entire process.Īnother goal was that everything had to fit in my StrongBags Vortex 2 suitcase because we were flying from New Jersey down to South Carolina to view the event. Before this event I had seen many lunar eclipses, multiple partial solar eclipses, and one annular eclipse.
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