The annular eclipse will occur October 14, 2023 and the full eclipse will occur April 8, 2024. I decided to get ready by purchasing a Unistellar telescope https://www.unistellar.com/equinox2/. I have built my own astrophotography set up, but it is not quick to set up. I saw a equinox2 and was impressed by its simplicity. I bought one and tried it out last night. It was very easy to set up. I did not optimize its settings but still got decent pictures out of the box (see the ring nebula below). This will be a great telescope, once my solar filter comes in, to take to Colorado for the annular eclipse and to the Missouri bootheal for the full eclipse.
