{"id":22207,"date":"2017-08-11T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=22207"},"modified":"2017-08-11T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T20:20:06","slug":"eclipse-observing-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=22207","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse Observing Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this solar eclipse I will be in the middle of central Oregon, a long way from any stores, much less an astronomy equipment store.  I will have to have everything I need on-hand, nothing forgotten, nothing overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>A checklist is certainly in order!<\/p>\n<p>The checklist below was compiled as much for myself as anyone who might read this posting.  Actually writing the checklist out is quite useful as a personal double check.  I need to consider that we will be camping for several days prior to the eclipse, that time will be spent hiking, stargazing, or simply relaxing in the forest with family.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I will be assembling and testing the telescope and mount this weekend.  As it has just been <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=22148\" target=\"_blank\">assembled from various parts<\/a>, this rig has never really seen the sky before.  I have little worry about it working, I have done this sort of thing a few times.<\/p>\n<h5>Telescope and Related Gear<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22227\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=22227\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22227\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CI72-74-17218-DC-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hodgepodge\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22227\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hodgepodge mount assembled for the first time in preparation for the eclipse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>TV-76mm Telescope\n<li>2&#8243; 90&deg; diagonal\n<li>Vixen rail for 76mm\n<li>Finder with good battery\n<li>Solar filter\n<li>Spare Baader film to repair filter\n<li>Eclipse glasses\n<li>Electrical tape\n<li>Eyepieces (22mm, 12mm, 8mm)\n<li>UHC filter (2&#8243; and 1.25&#8243;)\n<li>OIII filter (2&#8243; and 1.25&#8243;)\n<li>2&#8243; to 1.25&#8243; adapter\n<li>Telescope mount\n<li>Power cord for mount\n<li>Extension cord to reach vehicle\n<li>Wedge\n<li>Telescope tripod\n<li>Allen wrenches\n<li>All bolts for the mount\n<li>A few spare 1\/4&#8243;-20 bolts\n<li>Star charts (Karkoschka, Sky&#038;Tel Pocket Atlas)\n<li>Observing notebook\n<li>Observing lists\n<li>Red flashlight\n<li>Laser pointer\n<li>Pens<\/ul>\n<h5>Photo Gear<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22254\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=22254\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22254\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CI73-54-17222-DC-e1502431562373-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hodgepodge\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22254\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hodgepodge setup on the side of Mauna Kea with the TV-76mm and Telrad on the plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>DSLR camera\n<li>Lenses for DSLR (70-200mm, 24-105mm, 14mm)\n<li>T-ring adapter\n<li>Field flattener for TV-76\n<li>Backup camera\n<li>Lenses for backup (22mm, 18-55mm)\n<li>T-ring adapter for second camera\n<li>Camera batteries\n<li>SD Cards\n<li>Battery chargers\n<li>Remote releases\/intervalometers\n<li>Spare batteries for intervalometers\n<li>GoPro camera\n<li>Charger for GoPro\n<li>Mini clamp mount for GoPro\n<li>Lens cleaning gear\n<li>Photo tripod<\/ul>\n<h5>Other Items<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22267\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=22267\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22267\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CI73-60-17222-DC-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hodgepodge\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hodgepodge setup on the side of Mauna Kea with the TV-76mm and Telrad on the plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy jacket\n<li>Clothing\n<li>Sunglasses\n<li>Sunscreen\n<li>Insect repellant\n<li>Hat\n<li>Water bottle\n<li>Toiletries\n<li>First-aid kit\n<li>Drugs (Tylenol, Tums, Sudafed)<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately I can not pack a 12V battery on the plane.  This would be great to use with the mount.  The mount itself has been setup to be airline transportable, fitting in a large suitcase.  I will have to be careful of the 50lb weight limit, easy to stack up 50lbs worth of gear when it comes to a telescope mount.<\/p>\n<p>As I hope to do a fair amount of observing in the nights leading up to the eclipse I have included a bit more gear.  Eyepieces and filters, star charts and observing lists to take advantage of the dark skies.  Looking forward to a little astronomy binge!<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean when the telescope section of this list is three times longer than the personal gear?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this solar eclipse I will be in the middle of central Oregon, a long way from any stores, much less an astronomy equipment store. I will have to have everything I need on-hand, nothing forgotten, nothing overlooked. A checklist is certainly in order! The checklist below was compiled as much for myself as anyone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=22207\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eclipse Observing Checklist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110,331],"tags":[2462,312,1639,158],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22207"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22276,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22207\/revisions\/22276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}