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PhotographerAlison ThomasLocationMatamata, New ZealandDate19th January 2007, 8.38pm NZ timeEquipmentFuji Finepix S5600, ISO 200, focal length 38.6, exposure time 3.000s,aperture f/3.5DescriptionPhoto was taken on the night that Comet McNaught was brightesy in New Zealand. Thought for a while that I was not going to see it, but as sun set there it was brightly shining in the southern sky. Boy was the wait worth it! |
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PhotographerPepe GuerreroLocationAguascalientes, MexicoDate03-05-2008 06:40 a.m.EquipmentI used Kodak Digital Camera model C433 Easy share with mount. Mode digital telephoto (more than optical 3x), one sec. exposure and + 1.00 overexposure.I used automatic release for 2 sec. Original photo side: 2.1 mp.DescriptionIn the dawn of March 5, 2008 (06:40 a.m.), before the concealment of Venus for the Moon, in the roof of my house in Aguascalientes, I took the photo of the conjunction of Mercury, Moon and Venus. A big visual spectacle! Marvelous! Mercury with weak light is lightly above and to the left of a diminishing Moon. Below to the left of the Moon, Venus shines with intensity. |
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PhotographerManuel Rodriguez HuertaLocationAguascalientes, Ags. Mexico.DateMarch 5, 2008 21h26m UTEquipmentRefractor telescope Orion ST 80mm, 400mm fl & 0.5 focal reducer, 25 mm eyepice, Sony DSC-W100 camera, afocal projection. All Piggy Backed over a 1200 mm fl telescope with ecuatorial mount.DescriptionVenus Occultation (Reappearence) |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationWabaunsee Co., Kansas, USA.DateMarch 8, 2008, ~ 8:00pm, CSTEquipmentHutech modified Canon Rebel XTi with a 300mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6, 3 exposures totalling 676 seconds at ISO 800. Stacked with MaxIm DL.DescriptionHere is tenacious comet Holmes stopping off San Francisco for some seafood at Scoma's. |
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Photographerthomas backerLocationAuburn CA, USADate12-13-2007, 9:14pmEquipmentCanon 5D, 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/1.4, ISO 1600, 15 sec exposure. No mount, (hence the blur).DescriptionI was hoping to get a meteor from the Geminids near the comet and fortunately I did. It is faint, but still I think looks pretty cool. And even better, double cluster is in the photo as well! |
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PhotographerManuel Rodriguez HuertaLocationAguascalientes, Mexico.DateMarch 5, 2008, 09h 26 m UTEquipmentRefractor telescope Orion ST 80mm, 400mm fl & 0.5 focal reducer, 25 mm eyepice, Sony DSC-W100 camera, afocal projection. All Piggy Backed over a 1200 mm fl telescope with ecuatorial mount.DescriptionVenus reappearence |
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PhotographerMike CookeLocationSaint Helens, ORDate7:23EquipmentNikon D50, 200mm zoom, 2.5 seconds.DescriptionMoon at full eclipse, with Saturn below and Regulus above. (Also faintly Subra/omicron Leonis). |
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PhotographerJessicaLocationGlenwood, Georgia 30428Date2-20-08 9:42 pmEquipmentHP photosmart digital cameraDescriptionthis picture shows the earths shadow at an almost total eciplse. |
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PhotographerOmer YagizLocationAnkara, TurkeyDate02/21/2008 2:50 UTCEquipmentOlympus E-510 camera; 40-150 mm. Zuiko lens; tripodDescriptionThis photo is a COLLAGE of two images taken the same night 5 minutes apart. The illuminated structure in the foreground is the mouseleum where Ataturk lies in Ankara. The pictures were taken from my balcony which overlooks the city of Ankara. |
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PhotographerGustavo GonzalezLocationLas Flores, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDate02/21/2008 02:58 UTEquipmentCanon Eos 5D, Celestron C8 telescope, Equatorial mountDescriptionThe moon is totally eclipsed in Umbra 2 |
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