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29-MAR-2006

eclipse site

South of Salt Lake, Turkey
38°18'30" N , 33°30'22" E
near Sabanli Village (in background) between Eskil and Sultanhani, in province Aksaray
I was closer to the eclipse center line than my friend Tugrul Ussakli :)

EQUIPMENT
Orion 80mm semi-apochromatic refractor (F=480mm), Vixen GP-DX mount, Canon 350D, Thousand Oaks +2 solar filter (removed during totality).

A teamwork with SERDAR HEPGUL who guided the telescope manually while I shot the photos from my laptop using DSLRfocus program manually.

Nikon D70
1/500s f/9.0 at 18.0mm hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time29-Mar-2006 13:57:58
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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