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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI
Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! |
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On Friday, December 14, 2018 at 9:37:24 PM UTC-8, StarDust wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! I grew up in Oakland, though high school, so I know all about 'overcast' there! I came to San Diego for college and never went back... the local desert is a wonderful place to go observing, it is fairly reliable all year long. Not many places can make this claim, as far as I know :) |
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On Saturday, 15 December 2018 00:37:24 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! Clouds left Toronto, but the temp went up so fog. |
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46P/Wirtanen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/31330206277
-- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:37:21 -0800 (PST), StarDust
wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! |
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:37:21 -0800 (PST), StarDust
wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! http://cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/20181217_46P_800.jpg Shot early this morning after the Moon went down, 2-minute exposure with a Canon 7D on a 4" refractor (Stellarvue 102A). Image is 1° on a side. |
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On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 9:29:38 PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:37:21 -0800 (PST), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoIAH7uuaI Interesting! It's overcast here in the Bay Area, so no comet for me the next few days! http://cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/20181217_46P_800.jpg Shot early this morning after the Moon went down, 2-minute exposure with a Canon 7D on a 4" refractor (Stellarvue 102A). Image is 1° on a side. Very nice! |
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Chris L Peterson:
http://cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/20181217_46P_800.jpg Shot early this morning after the Moon went down, 2-minute exposure with a Canon 7D on a 4" refractor (Stellarvue 102A). Image is 1° on a side. Very nice! I made this stack of five exposures with a Canon 5D Mk IV on the 11th https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/31330206277. I also used a 4" refractor, a Tak FSQ-106. I have been clouded out since that night. Tonight will be clear and it is likely my last shot at the comet as holiday social obligations and more cloudy weather intrude on my time. With a bright moon, I'm not expecting anything great tonight, but we gotta try, right? -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:15:59 -0500, Davoud wrote:
Chris L Peterson: http://cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/20181217_46P_800.jpg Shot early this morning after the Moon went down, 2-minute exposure with a Canon 7D on a 4" refractor (Stellarvue 102A). Image is 1° on a side. Very nice! I made this stack of five exposures with a Canon 5D Mk IV on the 11th https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/31330206277. I also used a 4" refractor, a Tak FSQ-106. I have been clouded out since that night. Tonight will be clear and it is likely my last shot at the comet as holiday social obligations and more cloudy weather intrude on my time. With a bright moon, I'm not expecting anything great tonight, but we gotta try, right? You bet. I'm lucky with very dry air and a high altitude that the impact of the Moon is somewhat reduced. The image I linked I took after the Moon set (about 2 am), but I was doing test shots before that and the results were quite good. Getting tougher, though. The Moon is now just 45° from the comet, and getting pretty big. |
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Chris L Peterson:
http://cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/20181217_46P_800.jpg Shot early this morning after the Moon went down, 2-minute exposure with a Canon 7D on a 4" refractor (Stellarvue 102A). Image is 1° on a side. Davoud: Very nice! I made this stack of five exposures with a Canon 5D Mk IV on the 11th https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/31330206277. I also used a 4" refractor, a Tak FSQ-106. I have been clouded out since that night. Tonight will be clear and it is likely my last shot at the comet as holiday social obligations and more cloudy weather intrude on my time. With a bright moon, I'm not expecting anything great tonight, but we gotta try, right? Chris L Peterson: You bet. I'm lucky with very dry air and a high altitude that the impact of the Moon is somewhat reduced. The image I linked I took after the Moon set (about 2 am), but I was doing test shots before that and the results were quite good. Getting tougher, though. The Moon is now just 45° from the comet, and getting pretty big. OK, the sky was remarkably clear for the Mid-Atlantic. It was dry, and when I was checking focus with 5X and 10X magnification the stars in the DSLR Live View they were dancing around like a water droplet on a hot griddle. My fix for that is to ignore it, and do what I can with what I have. The effect of the Moon, I think, was to reduce the contrast of the coma a bit. Maybe I could doctor it a bit in Photoshop. Tonight's result with details is at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/32503667868. High altitude? What do you know about high altitude? I'm at 30 meters‹I could get a nosebleed! -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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