On 1 September, an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible across much of Africa. The challenge comes in two parts:

First, for the experienced astrophotographer, produce the most stunning image or video of the Moon’s disk encroaching on the Sun.

The second challenge is intended for the ordinary citizen who wants to join in the fun and has built a pinhole projection camera: take a photograph of the projected image and send it in to us! If you are in public, send us a picture of people watching the eclipse through your pinhole camera (try to get the camera in the shot!). We’ll be sharing these images on our Facebook page throughout the course of the eclipse!

As usual, you can send your images to us by emailing them to astrophotography@assa.saao.ac.za