My Canon sun filter got burned by the sun.
I had not tested my Canon sun filter for the Bazooka before the eclipse. I should have. Since it fits at the back of the lens, the sun simply burned through it. I used an old iPhone 6 with a single lens to photograph the eclipse through the eyepiece of my telescope. I didn’t have time to mess with putting a camera on the telescope, plus people wanted to look through the telescope because the clarity was amazing.
Eclipse Shark
Since I had to move the iPhone around on the eyepiece for each photo, the GIF is a bit jumpy.
From the bazooka at ring time
The color of the sun becomes whiter as the eclipse advances because the phone’s camera overexposed the sun because of the dark side of the moon.
Off Center & Not Even 
Oh wow! Thank you for sharing your great eclipse shots! The clouds made it impossible for me.
You are welcome, Michele. I happy I could share them.
Wow, these are really great Tim. ❣️
Thanks, Cindy.
Great shots of the eclips Timothy !!
Sorry to hear about the filter.
Have a nice sunday.
Thanks, Rudi.
Wow…!! That was an impressive post and stunning photographs. A sun filter got burned by the sun? I didn’t know this could happen.
Thanks, Herman. Who would have thought?
Burnt out filter, don’t see many of those. We didn’t see much of the eclipse. A cloudy day in Charlotte. Stupid autocorrect wanted to say Valhalla. Not even close to a Viking in our family tree.
Thanks, Danzig.
Wow!!!! It’s really hard to pick a favorite! Paparazzo ought to be proud of himself and that shark moon is brilliant!!!!! It wasn’t visible from our part of the world.
I really like the shark sun. Thanks, Marina.
…shark sun too! 😉
Thank you for sharing your view of the eclipse with us, Tim!
You are welcome, Liz.
Nicely done Tim. We had a thick cloud cover. The skies still dimmed, even more than clouds could have. We were only 45% covered or so, being outside the prime path. Next April though we have a spot along totality. BTW, what telescope did you use? Mine has a silvered glass filter.
Thanks, Brad. I have a Sky-Watcher 10″ Dobsonian SynScan telescope. I used a Spectrum Telescope filter.
I have a Celestron C-8, pre-Halleys Comet vintage. Sometimes I mount a camera piggyback on top, or on the back to see through the scope.
I’ve had real problems with getting cameras to work on my telescope. I need PC laptop to have better software for the cameras the slide into the eyepiece. With my macular wrinkle and cataracts, I can’t see well enough to focus a dslr on the telescope.
Definitely agree on manually focusing a DSLR in the dark. I’ve used a laptop sometimes, and am considering a focus screen both for the scope and for the camera lenses when piggyback. In the past, I’ve focused them during the day on the horizon, then used painters tape to hold the focus ring from moving.
Astrophotography can be quite complicated and require very long exposures.
For sure. My longest stacked exposures are around 30 minutes total, about 10 hours short of a good deep sky exposure.
I know a guy who is really into it. He sets up his super fancy scope, and lets the exposure run all night. I don’t have the interest to spend the money or take the time to go to his level of equipment and involvement.
Ditto. Better to know someone and borrow their equipment from time to time. Kinda like a pool or a boat.
I simply enjoy looking at what others do. One thing I’ve been tempted to do but I haven’t had time, and I need a PC to run NINA astrophotography software, is download image data of galaxies and deep space formations and process the data into images.
Sounds like a part-time job.
Could easily become one.
Very cool! I was doing the peephole way for viewing. Thanks for sharing all your photos! Sorry about the filter.
Thanks, Nancy.
really cool Timothy!!
Totally fascinating, Timothy. Gosh, you do the BEST sky photos and this eclipse and all the different ways you captured it is astounding. Great gif, shocking sun-burnt filter photo and all the permutations of this eclipse. Really super.
Thanks, Jet. I’m happy you like the post. The burned filter was a bummer. I ordered the same kind of filter I use on the telescope for the Bazooka.
These are amazing….
Thanks, Shey.
Wow, wow, wow!!! These are so amazing. I knew you would get some really great photos. It was cloudy all day here. 🌟🤩
Thanks, Michelle. Too bad you had clouds.
Amazing pictures. Sorry about your sun filter.
Thanks, Robbie. I ordered a telescope filter for the Bazooka.
I was looking forward to your eclipse photos, Timothy. You always go way beyond my expectations! My phone camera couldn’t register the Moon’s shadow at our level of totality. But it was fun to try, and share eclipse glasses with neighbors, oohing and ahhing…
The shared experience makes it fun. We had a bit of a party during the eclipse.
So cool, Tim! I missed it in person, so thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Tiffany.
Wow…unexpected.
Thanks, Gigi.
My friend and I were brunching and talking and completely forgot about it! No one around us reacted in a way to remind us, either. Sheesh. Not that I could have done anything as I do not have any special lenses nor did I have special glasses.
So thank you for sharing your amazing shots, Timothy.
You wouldn’t get much of it where you are. We were in the direct path. I’m happy it was clear.
You’re right. I checked and it started at 12:30ish but honestly, we were sitting outside on a terrasse and we never noticed anything!
You nailed it, that’s for sure.
You’re 3 hours ahead of us.
Indeed. 😊
And you’re still up!
Right. Past my bedtime!!
I’m fading.
I should be. I’m tired but am lying here waiting for Mr.Sandman
I’ve been there.
I’m there a tad more often than I like!
Just amazing!,,,
Thanks, Geoff.
You certainly didn’t let us down even though you had technical issues, the shots were fabulous!
Thanks, Couriers.
Those are beautiful images, Tim. Thank you for all the effort you put into these to share then with people. It was cool and cloudy all day up here that day.
Thanks, Lavinia.
Great images none the less! We had rain here so I saw a slice of it for about a minute. Hopefully next year the weather will cooperate.
Thanks, Teri.
I love how your creative experimentation.
I try to have contingencies. Thanks, Rebecca.
Wow Tim! These are amazing!!!
Thanks, Miriam.
These photos are really cool, although I’m sorry about your burnt out filter though
Thanks, JYp. I ordered a filter for the Bazooka like I used on my telescope.
Fascinating!
Thanks, Dawn.
Brilliant photography, Timothy.
Complete with a cautionary tale.
Play with a ring of fire
Kiss goodbye to your
Canon Sun Filter 🕶️🌞
Falling into a ring of fire does fry. Thanks, David.
Phenomenal shots, Tim!
Burned lens or not, you got the shot(s).
I love when it goes white. Bonus!
Thank you, Tim. You are wonderful!
I was happy I had the old iPhone. It;;s hard to shoot through the eyepiece with the new iPhone because it can’t decide which lens to use. Thanks, Resa.
Ahh, that’s interesting.
So, one can still take pics with their old Iphone without service?
How do you get the pics off the phone?
The phone still connects to my iCloud and uploads the photos to iCloud.
Amazing – the pictures, the eclipse and what it’s done to your filter! I hope your eyes are ok!
Thanks, Susan.
👍🏻
Thanks, BSL.
Yikes, long live the filter. I have a sudden urge to play Pac-Man for some reason.
I got a 5″ filter like the 10″ filter I have on the telescope for the Bazooka. It works well. Better get packing! Thanks, Brian.