"It was amazing really, at one point I just stood
and looked around, everyone, spell bound, looking up, the sky was so beautiful,
with the sun glowing, the corona streaming, and unearthly color, the stars
spread out across the ecliptic plane. It felt like there was no gravity.
" Elizabeth Minor
Curacao 1998. Multiple exposure of the Eclipse taken with a Nikon FM2
with 200mm lens. copyright RMinor
Notice Jupiter and Mercury are included.
The interval between exposures varies from 3 minutes to 1 minute to
dramatize the Eclipse.
(published as "Ultimate Exposure" Astronomy magazine January 2001)
More eclipse photos are located at RMINOR's
Eclipse page
Hale-Bopp. Nikon FM2, 200mm f4, Fuji 800
More astrophotographs are located at RMINOR's
Astro Photos
Jupiter Dec 1999, Celestron 6inch f5, 2X Barlow, quick cam.
More "quickcam" shots are located at QuickCam
Astrophotos
More shots using SolarMax40 filter,60mm f12 and quickcam are located at SolarMax photos
Photos of hardware used are located at Hardware
Bob Minor last updated 7/26/05 rhminor@comcast.net
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