Partial Solar Eclipse on 30. May 1984
May 30, 1984 in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany showed up with a lot of rain and clouds. In the afternoon before the eclipse I went outside to watch the weather, and to see if clear skies would come up in time. Indeed it went brighter and rain abated. Cloud holes were coming from the north and east! It became clear with a range of sight of about 80 kilometers. In the west the Rheingau mountains were visible. Still it was very wet. I fetched my observation equipment, consisting of a Revue refractor (f=910mm, D=60mm) and a Olympus OM2 camera with Tokina tele zoom lens 80-200mm and tele converter. I watched the eclipse from my garden, with an open view to the west. Sky cleared up. The cloud holes grew and actually: the sun came out eclipsed with a super sight. That was the first time I could capture a solar eclipse photographically.
Then clouds came again. The sun could only be seen from time to time. During the eclipse maximum at 20:09 CEST the sun could not be seen, but shortly before and after it. Then the sun came out again only one more time.
Altogether the partial eclipsed sun showed up shortly after passage of a cold front. Except the first cloud hole small ones had to be sufficient to observe the solar eclipse between fast moving clouds.
Drawing of the Solar Eclipse on 31. May 1984 The picture shows a coloured pencil drawing, which I made remembering after the eclipse. It shows the first and larger cloud hole, in which the eclipsed sun occurred. The sky's blue is not visible on the photos due to the short exposure times. |
Solar Eclipse on 31. May 1984 seen through the telescope The picture of the solar eclipse of May 30, 1984 behind clouds was taken with an Olympus OM2 through a Revue refractor (f=910mm, D=60mm) and 2x tele converter at f=1820mm and was exposed 1/1000 second on Fuji100 negative film. |
Solar Eclipse on 31. May 1984 Picture of the solar eclipse of May 30, 1984 in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, taken with an Olympus OM2 and Tokina tele zoom 80-200mm and 2x tele converter at 400mm, 1/1000 second exposed at f22 (f44) on Fuji100 negative film. |