A.L.P.O. SOLAR SECTION

June 21, 2001 Solar Eclipse images.


FROM ZAMBIA


Equipment used: Sigma 600mm, f/8, mirror lens on a Pentax ME-Super SLR camera mounted on a motorised tracking platform using Kodak EPP 100 ISO transparency (slide) film for an exposure of 2 seconds.(Photographed by Aadil Desai Secretary, Amateur Astronomers' Association, Bombay. Location: ZASTI, Lusaka International Airport, Lusaka, Zambia.)


Equipment used: Centon 500mm, f/8 mirror lens with a 2x tele-converter for an effective focal length of 1000mm, f/16, on a Praktica TL-1000 SLR camera mounted on a motorised tracking platform using a Kodak Elite 400 ISO transparency (slide) film for an exposure of 2 seconds.(Photographed by Aadil Desai Secretary, Amateur Astronomers' Association, Bombay. Location: ZASTI, Lusaka International Airport, Lusaka, Zambia.)




Images taken by Ken and Betty Wilson (Science Museum of Virginia) of their eclipse trip to Africa and the eclipse.

See an animation of the eclipse by Kevin Smith & Richard Robinson.







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