Explore Western Australia’s stunning natural beauty, and seize ideal conditions for standing in the Moon’s shadow on April 20, 2023. Our adventure will begin in Perth, set on a beach-lined stretch of the Indian Ocean, and take you to Australia’s famed Coral Coast and Kalbarri National Park. As a prelude to the April 20 total solar eclipse, you will have the opportunity to snorkel in the pristine reefs, explore gorges and caves, have up-close encounters with bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, placid whale sharks, and more! Our trip will conclude in the remote community of Exmouth, where you will experience a brief but unforgettable one-minute total solar eclipse in one of the sunniest areas in the Southern Hemisphere.
If you’re keen for even more Australian scenery and star-filled skies, you will have the opportunity to extend your visit with one of our add-ons, featuring Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef, or Uluru, most commonly known as Ayers Rock.
How to image the cosmos in Hydrogen-alpha with the Canon Ra
The Canon EOS Ra follows in the footsteps of the company’s 20Da and 60Da: All of these cameras have a special ultraviolet-infrared (UV-IR) rejection filter that allows the transmission of Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) light. As a result, red nebulae that would appear green in normal cameras instead take on a pinkish hue.
The 20Da and the 60Da are older, standard DSLR cameras that utilize mirrors in their viewfinders. The Ra, on the other hand, is a mirrorless camera, so it has a thinner body and doesn’t shake as much as cameras with moving mirrors do.
