Starship Asterisk*

Moon approaching the Sun before first contact of the annular eclipse as seen in a 50mm homemade coronagraph from Comb Ridge in southeast Utah, October 14, 2023 at 9:08am local time (15:08UT). South is up. On the right is the Sun behind the cone of the coronagraph. On the left is the Moon in front of...

Solar corona from the Black Forest Star Party in PA This image of the solar corona was taken from central Pennsylvania during the Black Forest Star Party on September 16, 2023 at 12:14pm. It was taken with a 50mm homemade coronagraph, a 5303 Angstrom filter, and an ASI1600MM Pro camera. Two 30-secon...

Solar corona from New York, December 10, 2022 While we wait impatiently for the 2024 total solar eclipse and others around the world, we can view and image the solar corona by making our own eclipses. The attached coronal image was taken on December 10, 2022 in New York State using a 50mm homemade ...