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Old 23-06-2011, 07:33 PM
RWhite (Roman)
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The best one I've seen yet

Mostly everywhere across Ukraine there were great summer conditions, all of the eclipse except of the earliest penumbral phases. So I went 5km away from my home to a rural location. Wow, this was my first total eclipse visible COMPLETELY (unobscured by clouds for any second), and the first one to be SO DARK. A view of umbral eclipse through 20x90 binos is magnificent!* : A quick look at what I saw is being attached below.
http://astronomy.pl.ua/photos/tle110615-2210web.jpg
4.0s @ISO400 f/4.5, Olympus SP-550UZ 18x zoom.

It is maximal umbral phase (1.70) at 20:10 UT. I'd rough estimate it as 1,5 Danjon scale. Notice also the 7.8mag star to lower right. I will link back to the rest of my photos later.*
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