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Partial Solar Eclipse: Bloemfontein, South Africa: 2008-01-26
Partial Solar Eclipse

Date, Time

  • 26 January 2009
  • 08:18

Location

  • Bloemfontein, South Africa

Equipment

  • Canon 40D
  • Focal Length: 480mm (including the 1.6 factor of the camera

Exposure

  • F-stop f/45
  • Shutter speed - 1/8000 sec; f/45
  • ISO 100

Software

  • Photoshop Lightroom & Photoshop CS4

Weather conditions

  • Cloudy the whole day with short photo opportunities from 07:50 till 08:25 through the clouds.