1999 Total Solar Eclipse
August 11th, 1999
Turkey
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Sequential image shot at 1/125th of a second.
Mid Corona shot at 1/4th of a second.
Mid Corona shot at 1/8th of a second.
Inner Corona and
Prominences shot at 1/125th of a second.
3 Images showing Close up of the Prominence Show.
Right
Image: Close up showing Lunar Mountains sillouetted.
The
1999 Eclipse remains the best for providing numerous image
variations. These images are the most requested for
publication. With the Sun at Solar Maximum, the images of the
PromInences were unforgetable.
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Eclipse Animation 37 images arranged in sequence. |
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Left: Solar Crescent Shadows generated by the Tree branches & leaves. |
Total Solar Eclipse-August 11th, 1999
Turkey
Eclipse Excursion
Elizig Turkey-our
staging location near Lake Hazar
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Equipment used
The Telescope used was a 94mm
f/6.8.Brandon Refractor on a Losmandy G-11 Equatorial Head,
supported by a custom made low profille Mahogany Tripod.
Great lengths were taken to place the equipment into to 2 “carry on"
size cases. Cameras and a Battery acted as Counterweights.
A TeleVue “2x Big
Barlow Lens” inserted into the focuser, followed by followed by Extension Tubes provided an effective focal length of 2820mm
(f/30). This yielded a Solar disk image of 26mm in diameter, too
large for the 35mm Camera Frame. The Full Solar Disk images were made by splicing
images together.
A Pentax ZX-M camera body was used for photography. This is a
clever auto wind Camera can shoot up to 2 frames per second if needed. The film used was 100VS Ektachrome, pushed to 200 ISO.
Mel Bartels & Greg Babcock with Equipment
Scenes-Lake Hazar
Local Media Coverage
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Total Solar Eclipse-August 11th, 1999
Turkey
Tour of Istanbul
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The Blue Mosk |
Total Solar Eclipse-August 11th, 1999
Turkey
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Totality by Littman, Espenak 2016 |
Provided Images for: Totality-Eclipse of the Sun by: Littman, Espenak, Wilcox-2009 |
April Image for 2009 OMSI/Kendall Planetarium-Stellar Skies Calendar |
Provided Images for: Eclipse: Voyage to Darkness by David H. Levy-2000 |
Provided Image for:Sky Publishing's Glorious Eclipse Images 2 Slide Collection-2000 |
Lynn Carroll's Astronomy Slide Presentation at "The Nature Center" at Bend, OR |
Provided Images for: Passing Through 90 degrees by Cheryl Burkett-Award Winning Poetry Book-2000 |
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1999 Total Solar Eclipse
August 11th, 1999
Turkey
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by Greg Babcock
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