82 BBC Sky at Night Magazine August 2021
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Stuart Atkinson and Stella Coxon, Aviemore
Stuart says: “All the weather forecasts had
laughed at us, but on the morning we had
great views. We also used our Celestron
NexStar 130SLT to project the Sun’s image
on to a white screen.”
Equipment: Canon 700D DSLR Exposure: ISO 200,
f/45, 1/3200” Software: FastStoneY Pastel phases
Alex Sultoon, London
Alex says: “Compared with the transits of
Venus in 2012, Mercury in 2016 and 2019,
and the eclipse in 2015, this partial eclipse
was relatively cloud free! I was able to
record far more than before, which gave
me the idea of creating this composite.”
Equipment: Bresser HD WiFi camera, Coronado Personal
Solar Telescope, Manfrotto tripod Exposure: (individual
frames taken from video) Software: $IƅQLW\3KRWR