Annular eclipse at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 10/14/23 part III: super-annular eclipse montage and animations

 You may recall that there was a supermoon in late september.  the corollary to this is a "micro-moon" crossing the face of the sun during the solar eclipse at the subsequent new moon, resulting in an annular eclipse rather than a total eclipse 😢

or, to look on the "bright side" a super-annular eclipse with the widest band possible.

in creating a montage of the partial phases, i viewed the annular phase and decided on a clock-like arrangement with small images of partial phases forming a ring around the annular eclipse.  after meticulously arranging the partial phases, i looked at what i had done...not exactly what i was going for, but i'll take it.

flower power!
annular solar eclipse and preceding partial phases 10/14/23
balloon fiesta park, albuquerque, NM
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more conventional montage:

annular solar eclipse and preceding partial phases 10/14/23
balloon fiesta park, albuquerque, NM

partial phases:

annularity animation:

the disturbance mid capture above is likely due turbulence from the burners firing off in the field at annularity :(

Annularity 10/14/23
Balloon Fiesta Field
Albuquerque, NM

if  you look at the final images of annularity, you'll note that the moon does not contact the sun evenly.  mountain peaks contact the sun first:

3rd contact
10/14/23

by offsetting each image (captured at 4 frames per second) by 1 pixel, one can generate a magnified image of the lunar surface:

magnified moon mountains
lower left
Cf. APOD

bigger partial phases
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field view/filtered view composite:

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sky view of above:

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Imaging details:
10/14/23
Albuquerque, NM
nikon D850
AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR
Baader solar film, Fotga IR/UV cut filter
iso 100 1/1250-1/2000 sec exposure
Vello Shutterboss Version II Timer Remote Switch
skywatcher star adventurer tracking mount

Samsung galaxy S22 ultra

for field shot and filtered cellphone image

filter

the final 2 composites are a combination of the cell phone view of the field and nikon filtered images of the sun, scaled down to the sky view size and positioned roughly in the appropriate location in the sky