Lieu d'observation
Melita, Manitoba : Parking du motel Dreamland
Observing site coordinates
Lat : 49° 16' 26.7" North
Lon :100° 59' 10.1" West
Altitude : 442 m
Duration of totality (m:ss)
2:45
Instrument used
400mm telephoto
Camera
Minolta SRT-101
Film
Kodak High Speed Ektachrome ISO 160

Some eclipse site and totality pictures

Path of totality entering Canada

Computed with Emap Win shareware

Local ephemeris
1 hour must be added for true local time

Computed with Emap Win shareware

A view of our observing site, the motel parking
Satellite picture of observing site : We were a 15 persons group with Paul Houde and Michel Rebetez as leaders of the pack.
Early bird picture of our observing site, Dreamland Motel

We arrived there at 2:00 in the morning

A part of the group very happy to have seen totality

From left to right :

  • Michel Rebetez
  • Maurice Provencher
  • Paul Houde
  • Denis Bergeron
  • Rolande Matteau
Diamond ring at second contact : 1/500 sec
Internal corona

Many proeminences at the begining of totality

Exp : 1/250 sec

External coronal washed out by cirrus clouds

Exp : 1/60 sec

Diamond ring at 3rd. contact

Intensive processing with my Epson V500 scanner and Photoshop software has been done to bring out details obscured by cirrus clouds giving these strange colors.

In the DC-9 cabin going back from Winnipeg
(Via Thunder-Bay, Sudbury and Ottawa)

RETOUR