Eclipses, Transits and Occultations from the Tuomi Observatory

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Pictures taken with Canon 350D and 700D cameras

Eclipse 1979 Total Eclipse of the Sun
February 26, 1979
Film camera

Eclipse 2003 Total Lunar Eclipse
November 8, 2003
At Gardiner Dam, Saskatchewan, Canada. Pictures taken with a Kodak 3200 Digital Camera through an 80mm refractor.
Animation 1
Animation 2

Transit 2004 Transit of Venus
June 8, 2004
Kodak DC3200 digital camera

Eclipse 2005 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
April 24, 2005
1/200 sec Canon A75 camera
200mm Newtonian telescope

Eclipse 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse
February 20/21 2008

Eclipse 2009 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
February 9, 2009
1/1000 sec ISO 400
80mm refractor telescope

Moon-Venus Occultation of Venus by the Moon
April 22, 2009, daylight
300mm Newtonian
Pictures every 6 seconds

Eclipse 2010 Total Lunar Eclipse
December 21, 2010 F/10 80mm refractor with 2x teleconverter
Pictures every 15 min
1/200 to 2.5 sec ISO 800


Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse
December 10, 2011
12:30 to 13:45 UT
F/6 200mm Newtonian


Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
May 21, 2012 01:18 UT
1/80 sec ISO 400 F/5 80mm refractor
Baader filter

Transit 2012 Transit of Venus
June 5, 2012

Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse beginning
April 4, 2015 04:37 UT
1 sec ISO 1600
F/10 80mm refractor+teleconverter
picture cropped

Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse
September 27/28, 2015
1/200 to 4 sec ISO 800
F/10 80mm refractor+teleconverter

Venus occultation Occultation of Venus by the Moon
Dec 7, 2015 daylight
1/4000 sec ISO 800 F/5 300mm Newtonian
Animation, every 5 seconds

Transit of Mercury Transit of Mercury
May 9, 2016
1/400 sec ISO 400 F/6 200mm Newtonian


Eclipse 2017 Total Eclipse of the Sun
August 21, 2017
Casper, Wyoming

Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse
January 21, 2019
Pictures every 30 minutes
300mm lens

Transit of Mercury Transit of Mercury
November 11, 2019
1/4000 sec ISO 200
F/6.5 200mm Newtonian


Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse
May 26, 2021
Pictures every 5 minutes
1/4000 - 1/200 sec ISO 3200
F/6.5 300mm Lens


Lunar eclipse Partial lunar eclipse
November 19, 2021 21:03 UT
1/2 sec ISO 800
F/10 80mm refractor+teleconverter
Canon 600D modified

Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse at Moonrise
May 16, 2022 04:11 UT
Pictures every 30 minutes
F/12.5 80mm refractor+teleconverter


Lunar eclipse Total lunar eclipse at Moonset
November 8, 2022 11:00 UT
Pictures every 30 minutes
F/5.6 300mm lens


Occultation of Mars Occultation of Mars
December 8, 2022 03:01 UT
1/60 sec ISO 800 picture cropped
F/30 300mm Newtonian plus 6x lens projection


Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
October 14, 2023
1/4000 sec ISO 200 F/6 200mm Dobsonian
Baader filter

Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
April 8, 2024
Canon PowerShot

Photos by Tenho Tuomi, Saskatchewan, Canada
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