I trust Brent's calculations. That adds another wrinkle to the annular photo problem. Was counting on a decent amount of light from the "ring of fire" to be sufficient to light up the surrounding geological features. If the ring is going to be minimal, that may make any wide angle photo too dark. Of course, I'll still try, but dang. It could just mean longer exposure times. We are going to have four minutes, but those four minutes go pretty fast at times like these. A nyone planning on taking pictures should make note of this. AND if it is going to be so small, MAYBE there might be a slight corona as well as b ailey's beads - maybe a diamond ring? Was ruling out taking my scope because as the contact points are interesting, the photos aren't too exciting. Well, it could be if sunspot group1479 is still visible. The moon covering the group little by little would be an interesting effect in a picture. (Video would be better) The super moon is another issue I'd like to hear from people on the board about. If the moon was at perigee on May 6th, how can it be making an annual eclipse two weeks later (Q.E.D. notwithstanding lol). I'm sure its a complicated geometric configuration, but I'm having a little problem envisioning it. If the moon will almost cover the sun, that helps with the geometry. Your thoughts anyone?