Proudy's Astrophotography with the GSTAR CCD Camera
unguided video astrophotography

Partial Solar Eclipse on Australia Day 2009
First contact: 1701. Maximum at 1802 with 22% of the sun eclipsed. Last contact: 1856 WDT
For an animation click here.


- Imaged on 20090126
- 13cm 5" F/5.0 Newtonian Reflector
- solar filter, IR/UV block and variable polarizing filter at 1/180 of a second
- focused by eye
- 0.6 focal reducer