Next year the biggest astronomical event visible from the UK will be a Partial Solar Eclipse on 10 June 2021. Some parts of the world will see an Annular Eclipse. I've got plans to capture the Partial one from here.
This will, weather permitting, be only my second go capturing a Solar Eclipse. My first time was back in March 2015. I had my Sky-Watcher Telescope, Canon 1200D camera and Nikon L810 camera for pictures. This is one of the pictures I took. 
Next year's eclipse will only be about a third obscured from here and the rest of the UK. Nevertheless I'm planning to use my Sky-Watcher again, and Celestron telescope to capture the big event. This is the smiley face view I hope to see.
For the UK it begins at a handy time and a very useful elevation being well above the horizon. No need to take a trip from home unless the weather misbehaves. timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/…
Photographing it is relatively easy. Remembering to have properly filtered equipment. Any camera can capture it. Although best seen using a big lens or telescope. It is tricky to get focus. Any sunspots would be great for fine tuning adjustments. Although they can be rare.
If no sunspots are available you could try focusing using a local faraway landmark, or the limb(or edge) of the Sun to get the best focus you can. For settings I use ISO 100 and a very short exposure time. Perhaps around 1/1000th second. If cloudy adjust as necessary.
Some people like to video the event, which is a good idea. Similar settings to above. Also you could do multiple exposures. You could do a time lapse. Watch as the slice is taken out of the Sun. PIPP is useful for simple versions of this. I've done this with sunsets.
For the event I'm planning to make Eclipse viewers for my neighbours here to see it. Hopefully Covid-19 restrictions might be relaxed by then. I can't wait to see and capture it. Will have everything crossed as usual. The weather hmm..
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