Used the box maker app in Easel to create a 4" x 4" x 18" box with cover for the main body out of 1/4" birch plywood, made a hole to fit the monocular lens, a couple of legs and a piece of white expanded PVC for the viewing surface.
Of course, just as I was about to take the final picture, the sun gets covered by clouds.
How did it work? Any pictures of what it projected?
Double Post (Sorry)
Hi John,
It worked very well, though I had to keep adjusting it every few minutes to keep the eclipse image on the viewing surface.
Then of course about 1:15pm, a HUGE cloud comes rolling through, obscuring the sun and the view of the eclipse, which was supposed to be in it’s full glory at 1:21pm
The image of the sun is about 1 1/2" in diameter, wood box is 4" x 4" x 18"
It was still an amazing thing to witness the moon’s shadow sweep over. I was expecting it to be night time like darkness, but it was more like late twilight. It was dark enough to get the street lights in Wal-Mart’s parking lot to turn on, and looking to the horizon, every direction looked like a sunset!
Possible improvements for the Eclipse-o-Tron 2024:
Adjustable Rotary Table
Sturdier Base
Better legs (possibly integrated into the rotary table)
Removable cap to cover Monocular lens
Add logos
Thanks, Phil!
The drive down to Carbondale wasn’t bad, 7 or so hours, but the return trip was long, about 15 hours. Traffic was awful.
