Sun eclipse captured with various XIMEA camera models

On August 21, 2017, the sky unleashed an extraordinary event - a total eclipse of the Sun observable across North America.

This event lured many people and some chose to travel from other continents.

XIMEA has a US subsidiary located in Colorado and our teammate Kevin Toerne drove into the area of totality in Wyoming - where it was almost as dark as night for a few fleeting minutes.

On the morning of August 21^st, Kevin woke up before 5 AM – with another half million people – to drive North into Wyoming to experience the total eclipse.

A drive to a spot near Guernsey, Wyoming – which normally takes only 3 hours – took five hours thanks to all the traffic.

Kevin arrived just in time to start photographing the beginning of the eclipse.

The below image shows the two cameras used and their mounts/equipment.

On the right is a Meade ETX90 telescope with a 20 Mpixel camera (XIMEA PN: CB200MG-CM-EF) using a T-mount adapter for the Canon EF mount on the camera.

This camera is using a fiber optic data interface (the orange cable).

On the left is a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 zoom lens with a USB3 12 Mpixel Sony Pregius™ camera (XIMEA PN: MC124CG-SY-UB).

Two computers inside the cab were used to run the two cameras – inside you can just see an image of the partial eclipse taken after totality.

The Toyota Tacoma provided power for the whole setup.