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First Contact | Maximum Eclipse | Last Contact |
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11:04 a.m. EST | 12:42 p.m. EST 42.5% obscuration eclipse magnitude 0.541 | 02:16 p.m. EST |
3 hour 12 minute duration |
All photographs are by the author.
Two instruments were set up on the deck:
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For armchair viewers reluctant to go out into the cold, this pair of tripod mounted Fujinon 10x50's provided a magnified view of the 7x35's projected image on the screen. That way sun spots could be viewed from a relatively far away and warm location.
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View of the projection screen showing that the eclipse is well under way.
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This closeup view of the binocular projection configuration was taken near maximum eclipse.
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Closeup image of the projected sun image at maximum eclipse.
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