Flashback to the Total Solar Eclipse of 1979 !

FLASHBACK! My wife, Denese, found three photos I took of the February 25, 1979 total solar eclipse from Goldendale, Washington! 

Camera: Pentax K with Kodak Ektachrome 64 mounted on an Edmund Scientific Astroscan, which in turn wa strapped via metal pipe strapping to an old wooden legged EQ (no motor) mount. Enjoy!

Totality

 Bailey's Beads

Diamond Ring Effect

A Short Night in the Obs !

After two weeks of smoke from forest fires hindering deep sky astroimaging, the skies cleared up last night! Whoohoo!

 The Gamma Cyn Region

The bright star is the center star of what is known as

the Northern Cross

Specs: 14 minute exposure (made up of 16 individual images)

stacked with DeepSkyStacker, ISO 12800, Canon T3i

Daystar 80mm scope at f/6.5

 The Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) and it's two smaller galaxies

Specs: 15 minute exposure (made up of 15 individual images)

stacked with DeepSkyStacker, ISO 12800, Canon T3i

Daystar 80mm scope at f/6.5

The Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)

Specs: 16 minute exposure (made up of 27 individual images)

stacked with DeepSkyStacker, ISO 12800, Canon T3i

Daystar 80mm scope at f/6.5

 The North American Nebula

Specs: 15 minute exposure (made up of 15 individual images)

stacked with DeepSkyStacker, ISO 12800, Canon T3i

Daystar 80mm scope at f/6.5

Tr 37 region

Specs: 4 minute exposure (made up of 4 individual images)

stacked with DeepSkyStacker, ISO 12800, Canon T3i

Daystar 80mm scope at f/6.5