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Old March 27th 05, 03:04 AM
Jeff R
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Default Easter flyby - Jupiter near the moon

The early hours of Easter saw a pretty *almost*-occultation here in Sydney:
http://faxmentis.org/html/moonbyjove.html

3 exposures: one each for the Moon, Jupiter and the four Galileans, combined
in Photoshop for this montage.

Camera: Pentax *1stDS (stupid name - *great* camera)
Optics: Sigma 600mm mirror f/8
Exposures from 1/4 to 1/1000 sec, ISO nominally 200

Damn!
It looks great when these two dance in the sky together.

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Jeff R.
(Happy Easter, y'all!)