Image obtained April 8, 2024 using an optical configuration resulting in an 270mm f/6 optical system -- employing a Nikon D3500(DX format) with a zoom telephoto lens mounted on an iOptron driven equatorial platform,1/40th second at ISO 400, no filter.

This Corona image displays a rather large and all-encompassing Solar Corona, surprising because there was quite a significant, if thin, cloud cover.

 

Image obtained April 8, 2024 using an optical configuration resulting in an 270mm f/6 optical system -- employing a Nikon D3500(DX format) with a zoom telephoto lens mounted on an iOptron driven equatorial platform,1/40th second at ISO 400, no filter.

The final views of the Prominences appear after mid-totality. Prominences are storms on the Sun, commonly emanating from sunspots. These storms are obviously on the edge of the sun, and appear to leap many Earth-diameters away from it. Here is pictured a very significant Prominence, so much so that after we viewed it through the telescopes, I looked directly at the Sun -- no glasses quite yet, although totality is beginning its final dance -- the huge triangular Prominence was visible to the naked eye!

 

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