On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:44:37 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

In article ,
Pete Lawrence wrote:

I'm sure these things come around faster and faster. Scorpio was
rising as I went to bed last night!

Just for fun, I turned the scope and camera onto M57 last night and
captured this widefield shot. First colour image I've made of this
object (ever). Quite wonderful to see that little blue ring on the
frame.


Peter,

Your image of M57 is just beautiful, and except for the color, it's
exactly as it looks in my 6" APO. BUT PLEASE...........it's Scorpius,
not Scorpio.......:-)

Old habits Richard. When I started out in astronomy, a few years
back, I remember reading some of the star names and making up my own
pronounciations for them - lazy reading I guess.

Procyon is still pro-cee-con to me ;-)
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