Read the full story: Eclipse over the Tetons: The view from Table MountainĪ day I'd had in my calendar for about three years. A forecast large band of high cloud had kept us on high alert for several days, but we woke (at 4am after a few hours of very uncomfortable sleep) to quickly clearing skies with the cloud band dissipating and moving south-west, in close alignment with models. Friday 18th - Table Mountain Hike for the First TimeĪ full day hike to the summit of Table Mountain to explore locations to setup an automated camera, three days before the eclipse, with a view over the Teton's Range. I'd done this before :-).Īlong the way I managed to lose my Spot Satellite tracking device which caused some issues for the other more remote hiking plans I had. an 18kg AZ-EQ6 equatorial mount from home, a smaller purchased AZ-EQ5 equatorial mount, and four Canon 5D Mark IV DSLRs from Lens Rentals - the boxes included a specific warning notice about damage from the sun during the eclipse NOT being covered by their insurance. On Tuesday I unpacked about a dozen boxes of gear I had freighted, purchased or rented for the eclipse (and all of which I had to pick up from Jackson Lake Lodge two hours away the night before). These three days were a blur of preparation and location scouting, and trying to sleep while recovering from jet lag. The location was a little challenging for the tour group as most of their landscape photography plans were on the east side of the Teton ranges in Wyoming (1-2 hours each way) but Idaho worked out great for me. So we will be forever grateful to Josh and Misty at Teton Peaks who having had other groups cancel were very supportive and found ways to accommodate us all and helped through the whole week. However, that fell through as did Plan B. We had expected to be staying at Jackson Lake Lodge on the east side of the Tetons and an hour to the north. We drove to Jackson, Wyoming (the centre of the eclipse universe in this case) and then onto Teton Peaks Lodge and RV, our hastily arranged accommodation for the night which was an hour to the west of the Tetons. Sunday 13th August 2017Įclipse preparations began in Salt Lake City, with the purchase of your typical eclipse essentials: mobile phone SIM cards, camping chairs, new hiking boots and bear spray. Here's the rundown on the week of adventure. Together with Brad LeBrocque (who hooked me into this gig), Glenn Tamblingson (Landscape Photographer) and Dean Martin's UDesign Tour Group, I observed the 'Great American Eclipse' from South Menan Butte in Idaho. Tracking on an AZ-EQ6 mount, automated camera control via Eclipse Maestro Update your copy Update your copy of Shooting Stars eBook.Camera Models Camera Models covered in Field Guide.Shooting Stars eBook Night Sky Photography with your DSLR.Adventures Humble tales of adventures I have been fortunate to enjoy.Ski Touring Back Country Skiing in Victoria and NSW.Great American Eclipse 2017 Solar Eclipse in Idaho.Weather cloud forecasts for astronomers.Solar Eclipse eclipses around the world.Lunar Eclipse chasing lunar eclipses around the country.Astrophotography with telescopes and more.Newsletter free newsletter to help you photograph astronomical events.Accessories Accessories for Night Sky Photography.Aurora in the Yukon Chasing Aurora in the Yukon.Night Sky Photography with just a camera and tripod.A maximum eclipse diagram at the mouse-over location can also be displayed. Eclipse color coded map with mouse-over geographic cursor coordinates and eclipse duration info to indicate where to move to increase your eclipse duration. Sun/Moon diagram and large event countdown display. Refraction, lunar limb profile effects, and deltaT correction supported. Observer position (latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude) is used to calculate local circumstances, so that camera actions can be referenced to specific eclipse events. You must then preprogram all exposure information according to a script. To help you enjoy the event, it can control up to four USB or Firewire connected cameras (Nikon and Canon DSLRs, plus Nikon Coolpix line) and up to four USB or Ethernet connected SBIG CCD cameras with their filter wheels during a solar eclipse, so that you can be free to concentrate on observing the event visually. It can handle any solar eclipse, provide you Baily's beads preview and animation, simulate an all-sky view or weather statistics, and a lot more. Solar Eclipse Maestro is the most versatile and feature-rich application for solar eclipses.
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