Images of Annular Solar Eclipse Taken by NAOJ

4 minutes digest movie of the eclipse process. (Japanese caption)

State of the sky change around all-sky taken by fisheye lens. (Japanese caption)

[Flash Report 1] Annular Solar Eclipse (Date and Time : May 21, 2012, 7 a.m.,
Shooting Location : National Astronomical Obervatory of Japan Mitaka Campus (the headquaters)

[Flash Report 2] Annular Solar Eclipse Close to Max. Eclipse (baily's Beads)
Shooting location : Around the Matsumoto Airport
Telescope : BORG125ED, Focal length : f = 1600 mm (× 2 tele-conversion-lens used),
Camera : Nikon D3s, Neutral density filter : ND D5,
Taken by : Hideo Fukushima, Hidekazu Hanayama

[Flash Report 3] Annular Solar Eclipse Right After 3rd Contact (Prominence and Chromosphere)
Shooting location : Around the Matsumoto Airport
Telescope : BORG125SD, Focal length : f = 3200 mm (enlargement projection method),
Camera : Nikon D3s, Neutral density filter : N/A,
Taken by : Hideo Fukushima, Hidekazu Hanayama

[Image 1] Annular Solar Eclipse Wide-angle Composite Image 1
(the background was taken after the solar eclipse finished)
Shooting location : Around the Matsumoto Airport
14 ~ 24 mm zoom lens (f = 15 mm), Camera : Nikon D7000, Neutral density filter : ND D5,
Taken by : Hideo Fukushima, Hidekazu Hanayama

[Image 2] Annular Solar Eclipse Wide-angle Composite Image 2
(the background was taken before the solar eclipse started)
Shooting location : Around the Matsumoto Airport
14 ~ 24 mm zoom lens (f = 15 mm), Camera : Nikon D7000, Neutral density filter : ND D5,
Taken by : Hideo Fukushima, Hidekazu Hanayama

[Image 3] Image of the sun taht was shown on the sun projection plate
at the moment of annular solar eclipse (Max. eclipse) (added on June 1, 2012)
Used optical system : Vixen ED102S (D = 102 mm, f = 920 mm), Vixen PORTA II altazimuth mounting, a set of the sun projection plate
Shooting : PENTAX K-5 + smc PENTAX DA 18-135 mm (F3.5-5.6ED[IF])
(*The focal length at the taken moment was 40 mm)