Total solar eclipse - Totality and reappearance
Channel: Kirk Wines
Date: 12/04/2024

The totally eclipsed sun reappears following totality on April 8, 2024.

This video was recorded at Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area on a south-facing bluff at the shoreline of Rend Lake, Illinois on April 08, 2024 at 2:03 p.m. CDT.  (This was south of Mt. Vernon, IL.)  It was shot through a 25mm Plossl eyepiece on a 4" f/6 refractor with a Canon A1200 point-and-shoot camera attached with an Orion SteadyPix Deluxe.  Skies were mostly clear with some thin haze and altostratus clouds that appear after totality ends (02:21).  Note the prominent flare on the lower right limb of the sun, which was visible the previous day through fellow Sky Bar astronomer Jana B's hydrogen-alpha solar telescope.  This was a beautiful eclipse in which the corona appeared to be more symmetrical without the extensive coronal streamers visible in 2017, although this may have been due to local conditions.  It was an amazing event in any case and we were fortunate to observe during a break in the weather, with our site selection based on Jana's and Brian's careful monitoring of multiple weather apps.  It was a long trip but definitely a worthwhile experience.