I am in the northern hemisphere at about 44.5 degrees north latitude. On checking an image that I took with the camera level I would say that the photo that I posted is rotated clockwise approximately 46 degrees. Otherwise it is exactly as was seen with the naked eye.
The camera was tilted down on left a little to show more of the width of the sun. 11:33:01 PDT Aug 21, 2017. 2286mm (90 inches), f15, 100th sec, ISO 200 solar filter. Even though this is a 6" refractor it works just like a standard camera lens.
I have a photo taken near the end of the eclipse Monday 8-21-2017 from Oregon. The photo above looks to be near midday. It is rotated 180 degrees. Both the E/W and N/S are swapped. This is the view as would be seen in an astronomical telescope. If you add a diagonal you get the N/S corrected but...
Total weight on spring = 8 + 22 + scale platform + .25 . If you use 1 lb for the platform then total = 31.25 lb. Assuming k = 5 lb/in then d = (.25 + .25) / 5 + .5 = .6 inches. Max spring compression would be 31.25 / 5 = 6.25 inches. Starting with a 13 in. long spring leaves 6.75 for h. I would...