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Annular Solar Eclipse on 2005 Oct. 3rd
We
arrived at 12.30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2nd with Iberia at Valencia
Airport. Then we got a shock: Our checked-in luggage, which included
our tripods and
mounts, had not arrived at the airport yet. They promised us that it
will
come later that day. On Sunday afternoon, we went to the airport again
and got a second shock: Our luggage was there, but the suitcases were
damaged and later it turned out that my modified Philips webcam, that I
itended to use for an eclipse video, was broken!
With our rented car we explored the Spanish landscape 100 km apart from the coast, since clouds seem to concentrate near the coastline. We found a nice small village called "Los Isidros" near Requena, which was very close to the central path.
After exploring a place with lots of garbage, we found a vineyard near the major road N322 that was behind a small forest and therefore garanteed undisturbed observation of the eclipse.
In the morning of the eclipse day there were still clouds in the east, but long before first contact they disappeared.
Pictures
My pictures have been taken using a TMB 80/480 Apochromat, Baader Herschel wedge, ND 3 filter and Baader FFC (3x).
The camera was a Canon EOS 300D at ISO 200:
With our rented car we explored the Spanish landscape 100 km apart from the coast, since clouds seem to concentrate near the coastline. We found a nice small village called "Los Isidros" near Requena, which was very close to the central path.
After exploring a place with lots of garbage, we found a vineyard near the major road N322 that was behind a small forest and therefore garanteed undisturbed observation of the eclipse.
In the morning of the eclipse day there were still clouds in the east, but long before first contact they disappeared.
Local
circumstances
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Coordinates
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Eclipse
schedule (CEST = GMT + 2h)
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Pictures
My pictures have been taken using a TMB 80/480 Apochromat, Baader Herschel wedge, ND 3 filter and Baader FFC (3x).
The camera was a Canon EOS 300D at ISO 200:
The Eclipse Team
F. Dorst, T. Kampschulte and W. v. Kerkhof after 3rd contact. (Photo: WvK)
See also eclipse page of W. v. Kerkhof !
published 2005/10/09 by T.Kampschulte