2024 solar eclipse, sites (Texas)

Wide-angle video (4k), GoPro 6 UltraWide View

Apr 8 2024 solar eclipse, Goreville/IL (Matt Payne farm) GoPro 6 UltraWide View (4k)

Ran out of 5G weekly limit upload, for Vimeo. Resort to clever workaround -- temporarily using (low res) "record screen" of VideoPad video-editor

4/8 2024 Solar Eclipse, Goreville/IL, GoPro 6 UltraWide View (4k) from Bob Yen on Vimeo.

Check back later in week (early Friday), for full 4K version

Wide-angle 4k video (8-bit 4:2:0), Panasonic GH4 + Rokinon 7.5mm fisheye

Apr 8 2024 solar eclipse, Goreville/IL (Matt Payne farm) Panasonic GH4 + Rokinon 7.5mm fisheye (4k, 8-bit 4:2:0 video) Ran out of 5G weekly limit upload, for Vimeo. Resort to clever workaround -- temporarily using (low res) "record screen" of VideoPad video-editor

4/8 2024 solar eclipse, GH4 + Rokinon 7.5mm, 10-bit 4:2:0, Goreville/IL from Bob Yen on Vimeo.

Check back later in week (early Friday), for full 4K version

Narrow-angle 4k video, Astro-Tech 102mm F7 ED (714mm FL) + Panasonic Lumix GH5 (10-bit 4:2:2)

GH5a final1 from Bob Yen on Vimeo.

^^^ Astro-Tech 102mm f7 ED + Panasonic GH5 (4k 10-bit 4:2:2), with Panasonic FZ2500 video-cam (4k mode) piggyback (zoomed out, 480mm effective FL). Note the custom counter-weight -- "what works..WORKS" (via Dr Lynn Conway, VLSI pioneer)

^^^ Panasonic GH5 video-cam (4K 10-bit 4:2:2, internal recording), note the flip/rotate view screen (very handy)

^^^ Panasonic FZ2500 (4k) zoomed out (480mm effective FL, 35mm format), piggyback on Astro-Tech 102 F7 ED + GH5

^^^ dusk looking towards SouthWest. Note custom counterweight ("what works..WORKS")

^^^ 3 mounts left-to-right, Matt Payne house in background:

1) Vixen GP (Great Polaris) mount for video

Astro-Tech 102mm F7 + Panasonic GH5 (4k 10-bit 4:2:2), with piggyback Panasonic FZ2500 (4k video, zoomed out to 480mm FL..effective 35mm format)

2) CG11 (Losmandy) mount, corona camera mount #1

Astrophysics 4.1" f6 (612mm FL) + Canon 5D2, with Nikon 300mm/2.8 (set to f4) + Canon 5D2

3) Takahashi EM100 ount, corona camera mount #2

Takahashi FC100 f8 (800mm FL) + Canon 5D2, with Tamron 400mm/4 + Canon 5D2

NOTE:

The camera (Canon T1i) on tripod is the 360x180 VR (Virtual Reality) setup -- 4 shots around (90 deg interval)

Pro Gaza/Palestine version, with support from Ireland:

4/8 2024 solar eclipse (Moreville/IL), Astro-Tech 102mm F7 ED, GH5 video cam from Bob Yen on Vimeo.

Wide-Angle video, me operating 3 equatorial mounts [ 4/8/24 solar eclipse, Moreville/IL ]

"toy" video using old smartphone (Blu G9 Pro)

sorry about clipping of bottom, never used front-facing selfie-cam. Thought ground was in the frame

Also, exposure makes it look like daylight. Does NOT have option to set exposure to "-1 stop under"

^^^ Bogen clamp with automotive smartphone holder, clamped on tripod. Samsung Gar 360 VR (Virtual Reality) camera on top

^^^ Blu G9 smartphone mounted (via car smartphone holder) in vertical format

^^^ Blu G9 smartphone mounted (via car smartphone holder) in vertical format

4/8 2024 Eclipse, Goreville/IL site pics [ 4/8/24 solar eclipse, Moreville/IL ]

Matt Payne's beautiful farm, gave me a private-area in horse-pasture (poop everywhere..kept me on my toes, LOL). In a depression, with rising hill to south. Latter is where Wide-Angle cameras setup..looking over beautiful pond

Tall cell-tower to the West, fiber-connected service. WiFi available in the field!

Just 30 yds away was my French eclipse-chaser friend (Nico LeFaudeux)

https://hdr-astrophotography.com/preparation/

[ he was setup just 30mi west of me in Eastern Oregon, during 2017 eclipse

http://www.eclipse-chaser.com/2017 ]

optical engineer with custom-built Maksutov-Cassegrain (with custom designed field-corrector). Accompanied with wife & 3 yo daughter. Nico flew into Houston on Thu, but faced a car-rental CRISIS (they didn't take his CC w/Debit feature). He got a BoA CC on-the-spot the next day (Fri), then drove hurriedly to Jonesboro/AR

During this time, I was in my own hurry-up mode:

Smokey & Bandit run

from LA to Amarillo/TX.. Awake for 31 hrs straight, left late on Wed @1pm. Had front drive-shaft resonant vibration @60mph, set CC (cruise control) to 57mph..to avoid vibration. Got PASSED by everyone (incl semi-trucks)..AARGH!

Blew into Amarillo/TX sleep-deprived, checked weather-forecast. Looked bad for TX, also AR. Had to text nice-lady in Shirley/AR (Rocky Creek Ranch)

https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/arkansas-rocky-creek-ranch-kk9hlqx0

that I had to back-out. Left Amarillo 1am, then COULDN'T TAKE the front drive-shaft vibration, which had lowered from 60mph to 55mph!! Pulled over at 1:30am at a gas-station, REMOVED it! Whoala, no more vibration! Set CC (Cruise Control) & started JAMMIN' !

Destination was southern IL, even Indiana was an option

[ "Tibetan Cultural Center" south of Bloomington/IN. Steven and Jeff made HEROIC effort to find me a site, Jeff even offered his own farm! ]

Due to time constraints (practicalities in terms of Time/Energy/$$), it appeared Matt's farm was the FINAL destination

[ Indiana option was additional 3.5 hr drive -- I simply couldn't do it (already sleep-deprived), likely would have killed myself..]

Drove thru Oklahoma (NICE modern smooth highways!), then Missouri (clear skies as Friday dawned from the east). Drove thru Springfield/MO, then the eclipse-track in SE Missouri

[ there was a NICE campsite Lake Willippoor in this area ]

Continued on towards southern IL, some great modern highways! Poplar Bluff/IL was a pit-stop for gas.. Wonderful scenery, turnouts to forest parks. I texted Nico some pics along the way, which eventually led him to join me at Goreville/IL (Matt's farm)

I arrived @3pm, with Nico arriving Saturday afternoon. I heard someone speaking French, walked over..it was Nico (with wife & daughter)