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Baily's Beads (2024 Total Solar Eclipse), Andrew Klinger

Baily's Beads (2024 Total Solar Eclipse)

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Description

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Observed and imaged on April 8th, 2024 from Joshua, TX. (Totality of 3min 4sec)

This image shows "Baily's Beads", the sunlight peering through the mountains and craters of the Moon's landscape. This effect occurs right before and after totality as the last glimpse of sunlight peers from behind the moon.

Equipment: 
OTA: William Optics GT81 (478mm fl at f/5.9)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (HEQ-5)
Imaging camera: Canon 6DmkII (unmodified)

Software:
EQMOD
SETnC (automated camera control for eclipse imaging)
PixInsight

Acquisition:
ISO100
1/1000"

Preprocessing:
Calibrated with flats and darks in PixInsight

Processing:
Crop (pretty big one)
HistogramTransformation
NoiseXTerminator
CurvesTransformation for Saturation
MultiscaleLinearTransform for slight sharpening
HistogramTransformation to clip whites a bit
SCNR green

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Baily's Beads (2024 Total Solar Eclipse), Andrew Klinger