Argentina TSE 2019

Presenter(s): Stephen Russell

Affiliation(s): NACAA, CWAS, ASNSW

Session details: Sunday, 2020-04-12 01:30:00, STAR

Abstract

On the afternoon of 2019 July 2, a total solar eclipse travelled across Chile and Argentina. Getting accommodation within the path was difficult, particularly when my tour organiser changed the schedule without notice. I ended up basing myself in Mendoza, the Malbec capital of the world. This meant a bit of driving on eclipse day, but everything worked out well. This talk will explain the good and bad parts of organising this trip, and my progress in building the image processing software suite to merge the 100 images I captured with two cameras during this eclipse.

Biography

Stephen has been associated with NACAA since he attended his first one in 1970. 48 years later, he volunteered to be the Programme Chair for NACAA 2020. Apart from eclipses, his main interests in astronomy are occultation observing and telescope making, both of which he has no spare time to indulge in.