Two weeks before the moon will eclipse the sun, the moon was partially eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow
I had to turn around, when the road to my observing location was blocked, then I rushed to another spot, to find clouds on the horizon blocking the view for quite a while. But finally the still eclipsed moon emerged from the clouds and I was able to take some quick shots.
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1788_2500px-1024x1024.jpg)
I used my 80mm refractor and a 300mm lens for the images.
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1450_2500px-1024x678.jpg)
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1791_2500px-1024x684.jpg)
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1797_2500px-1024x684.jpg)
I slowed down a lot of bikers, because they thought my setup was a speed camera…
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170807_203941_2500px-1024x768.jpg)
Earlier Today I took an image of the sun using the D750 and the 127mm refractor, using a 2x teleconverter and the ND3.8 Baader Solar Film:
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1741-Bearbeitet_crop_2500px-1024x1024.jpg)
this is a crop of the image above:
![](https://www.salzgeber.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1741-BearbeitetKopie-1_2500px-1024x1024.jpg)
I am wondering if any spots will be around for the eclipse…
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