Western Australia Outback Total Solar Eclipse

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.