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April 8, 2024 solar eclipse HDR image, Paul Ricker

April 8, 2024 solar eclipse HDR image

April 8, 2024 solar eclipse HDR image, Paul Ricker

April 8, 2024 solar eclipse HDR image

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HDR composition made from 1/4000" to 2" exposures of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse as seen from Samuell Farm just east of Dallas, TX. After creating the HDR composite I edited it in GIMP, adding layers from one of the shortest exposures to clean up movement artifacts (of the Moon relative to the Sun) and to emphasize the prominences. Unfortunately I forgot to shoot flats, so I needed to heal a number of dust circles. Also, the longest exposure includes some wispy remnant clouds (the clouds parted for us just a minute or two before totality). Some background stars are visible, including (to the left of the Sun/Moon) the two visible components of the quintuple star system zeta Piscium, separated by about 23 arcseconds.

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Description: Added stretched Moon image from one of the frames and backed off the prominence saturation.

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April 8, 2024 solar eclipse HDR image, Paul Ricker