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PhotographerZbigniew ZEMBATYLocationOpole. PolandDateMay 6th, 2008, 20:17:03EquipmentCanon EOS 30D with 70-300mm Sigma zoom @70mmDescriptionI took a picture of waxing Moon in a nice par environment and initially did not realize I was also picturing Merure with such a rare, bright apperance |
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PhotographerJohn W. O'Neal, IILocationWellington, OhioDate5/12/08 @ 10:43pm ESTEquipmentCanon 30D, 75-300mm Kit lens @ 300mm, piggybacked on a Losmandy G-11. 8 x 30 second subs, stacked in DSS and processed in Adobe PS-CS2.DescriptionDue to the close proximity of the moon and the Comet being so close to my horizon, I didn't expect to see this comet at all. I was shocked to see the large, diffuse coma and how bright green it appeared in spite of the poor conditions. |
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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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