A Partial Solar Eclipse

Hello sketchers,all o.k.?This morning i have see one great astro phenomenon of 2011:The partial eclipse of our star!
Me and my friend Gianni go to little town of Montesecco,5 Km from my home and at 500 m of altitude.
I have the horyzon free to east,beautyfull vision of sunset.
I have my refractor Kenko 80/1000 with astrosolar filter,my friend his digital camera.
I draw the first sketch before eclipse at 7,48 a.m.
The eclipse start at 7,54 a.m. ,the sun only just rise.Incredible was the sensation of cold wind and blue light at the moment of maximum.

I make my sketches only quarter of hour until 10,40 a.m. when the eclipse end.
Thisis the first rough sketches copy,i sent you nextly the fair copy of that.
At next sketches,ciao!
Giorgio Bonacorsi.

Site:Montesecco,(fraction of Pergola’s municypality)
Date:4 of January 2011 from 7,54 to 10,40 a.m.
Instrument:Refractor Kenko 80/1000 with astrosolar filter
Eyepiece:25 mm ortoscopic,6mm lantanium for particular of sunspot.
Seeing:Good,only light clouds at start and at the end
Temperature:Icely at star,cold at the end.
Technics:graphite pencill on withe paper fabriano 4.

One thought on “A Partial Solar Eclipse”

  1. Giorgio,

    Great sequence of the partial eclipse captured by you in sketches.
    Thank you for posting.

    Frank 🙂

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