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Old February 3rd 09, 06:08 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
J McBride
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I got some clearing Saturday night so I went for it. There was some high
clouds drifting in and out...the kind you don't see until its on top of your
target. This was taken through a FS102 @ f/8 with a Canon modified XTi
@1600asa. Because of the clouds I went with 30sec subs with a total of 3
minutes of data. Not much data but therewas a lot of light pollution
reflected off the clouds.

Joe




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Old February 3rd 09, 08:47 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Kev Lawrence
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Nice!
Kev

PS What's the magnitude ?

"J McBride" wrote in message
ertechnology...
I got some clearing Saturday night so I went for it. There was some high
clouds drifting in and out...the kind you don't see until its on top of
your
target. This was taken through a FS102 @ f/8 with a Canon modified XTi
@1600asa. Because of the clouds I went with 30sec subs with a total of 3
minutes of data. Not much data but therewas a lot of light pollution
reflected off the clouds.

Joe





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Old February 3rd 09, 03:10 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
J McBride
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Default ASTRO: Comet Lulin

Thanks Kev, I don't have much data and as soon as I posted here I saw some
nice images that had lots of data so mine is not the best. The magnitude is
around 5.5 I think. It is supposedly naked eye but I had a little bit of a
hard time finding it. I found it easily enough but it doesn't jump out at
you.

Joe


"Kev Lawrence" wrote in message
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Nice!
Kev

PS What's the magnitude ?

"J McBride" wrote in message
ertechnology...
I got some clearing Saturday night so I went for it. There was some high
clouds drifting in and out...the kind you don't see until its on top of
your
target. This was taken through a FS102 @ f/8 with a Canon modified XTi
@1600asa. Because of the clouds I went with 30sec subs with a total of 3
minutes of data. Not much data but therewas a lot of light pollution
reflected off the clouds.

Joe







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Old February 3rd 09, 06:49 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Rick Johnson[_2_]
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Default ASTRO: Comet Lulin

It's still too low for my seeing. Tried it a couple nights ago and
stars were huge blobs. Needs a smaller image scale than I have until it
gets higher. Must be in the gunk for your too though you are a couple
degrees south of me.

Looks like it is moving rather fast as well.

Rick


J McBride wrote:
I got some clearing Saturday night so I went for it. There was some high
clouds drifting in and out...the kind you don't see until its on top of your
target. This was taken through a FS102 @ f/8 with a Canon modified XTi
@1600asa. Because of the clouds I went with 30sec subs with a total of 3
minutes of data. Not much data but therewas a lot of light pollution
reflected off the clouds.

Joe




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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

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Old February 6th 09, 11:07 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Stefan Lilge
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Nice picture Joe. I hope I get a chance to image that one...

Stefan

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ertechnology...
I got some clearing Saturday night so I went for it. There was some high
clouds drifting in and out...the kind you don't see until its on top of
your
target. This was taken through a FS102 @ f/8 with a Canon modified XTi
@1600asa. Because of the clouds I went with 30sec subs with a total of 3
minutes of data. Not much data but therewas a lot of light pollution
reflected off the clouds.

Joe





 




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