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20-10-2014, 02:17 AM
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Mars and Comet Siding Spring
A few images from last night.
One single 2 minute sub shows the Comet being bisected by a satellite.
The other two images are stacked pics.
Camera - CDS1100D
Scope - HiOptic 127mm refractor
I also added a shot I took from the 18th.
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20-10-2014, 02:21 AM
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Nice going jj, lots of tail showing in the last image - well done
20-10-2014, 07:57 AM
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fantastic set of images JJJ on a very hard target
20-10-2014, 08:23 AM
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Dramatic images JJJ, I am so looking forward to see what NASA have to offer on this encounter !
20-10-2014, 08:31 AM
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Nice stuff
20-10-2014, 09:37 AM
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Excellent! Made up for the clouds here last night. Well, almost......!!!
20-10-2014, 09:51 AM
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I had a visual attempt at this last night, but as expected, without success. It looks like it will be a few days until we get visuals from the Mars probes.
20-10-2014, 09:55 AM
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Geees, that IS close!
20-10-2014, 10:47 AM
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Trust you to get a great set of results on a very difficult subject, Nettie
Awesome skills!
Steve
20-10-2014, 01:08 PM
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Well done Jeanette. You're a hard act to follow.
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20-10-2014, 06:30 PM
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Great pics JJJ!
20-10-2014, 07:22 PM
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Great Work- Tony.
20-10-2014, 08:31 PM
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There's been some lovely pics coming in from our CIOC Siding Spring group.
It's been a pleasure to work with some of the very best Amateurs as well as the Pro's during this encounter.
http://cometcampaign.org/comet-siding-spring
20-10-2014, 10:08 PM
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Mars and Comet Siding Spring
Very impressive result, whole family enjoyed them. Thanks!
21-10-2014, 08:04 AM
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Good shots, and the last one shows as much tail as anyone's caught that I've seen
21-10-2014, 12:08 PM
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An update
I've been contacted by CBS News, New York, asking if they can use one of my images!!
Chuffed is one word that comes to mind.
Squee!!! is another. LOL
21-10-2014, 12:28 PM
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jjjnettie
An update
I've been contacted by CBS News, New York, asking if they can use one of my images!!
Chuffed is one word that comes to mind.
Squee!!! is another. LOL
well done
21-10-2014, 06:38 PM
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Well done a great catch with the satellite .
21-10-2014, 09:20 PM
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Great news JJJ!
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