Totality 2017 | One of great astronomical experiences of my life was to finally witness a total eclipse 62 years into my life. Drove from Denver onto a long, straight, lonely county road that was dead in the center of the eclipse path. My expectations were extremely high and were exceeded by the experience. I had a Canon 6D with a rented Canon 400mm telephoto riding on my 11” telescope. The scope was for live visual, the camera was on autopilot bracketing multiple exposures continuously. I set it on auto, pushed start and swore I would not check until the event was over. Being the geek that I am, I didn’t want to spend the 8 minutes of totality troubleshooting an intervalometer!

Totality 2017 | One of great astronomical experiences of my life was to finally witness a total eclipse 62 years into my life. Drove from Denver onto a long, straight, lonely county road that was dead in the center of the eclipse path. My expectations were extremely high and were exceeded by the experience. I had a Canon 6D with a rented Canon 400mm telephoto riding on my 11” telescope. The scope was for live visual, the camera was on autopilot bracketing multiple exposures continuously. I set it on auto, pushed start and swore I would not check until the event was over. Being the geek that I am, I didn’t want to spend the 8 minutes of totality troubleshooting an intervalometer!