Partial Solar Eclipse of June 10, 2021
On June 10, 2021, an annular solar eclipse was visible in Canada, Greenland and Russia. In Belgium, we could enjoy a partial eclipse of 15%. This is not very much, but nonetheless very nice to enjoy and to be in the shadow of the moon again for the first time since the total solar eclipse of 2019 in Chile.
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| The sun around maximum eclipse |
Today, it was the first time I could use my new zoom lens for a solar eclipse. I recently bought the Canon EF70-300mm F4-5.6L IS USM. Attached to the Canon EOS 80D, this lens gives a real focal length of 480mm.
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| Around first contact |
The pictures were made automatically using Solar Eclipse Maestro. A script was created to take three pictures around the time of first and last contact and every 1% of the eclipse (which was around every 2 minutes and 30 seconds). Because I don't have a motorized mount, I had to center the pictures from time to time in the field of view of the camera.
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| Around last contact |
Most of the time, the weather was really good. Only around first contact and around maximum eclipse, some clouds passed by and the sun was hidden behind the clouds for a few minutes.
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| Composite of the partial solar eclipse |
A timelapse movie can be found on my youtube channel:
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