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Old 02-06-2016, 09:22 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Awesome Stefan, lovely natural capture

It hits home for me because I was out at my observatory imaging some interacting galaxies on Mon night and I had my 12" Dob outside for some visual observing. The seeing wasn't too bad and when I raked the power up to 750X the view was sensational, sure it was jumping around a tad but when it would steady for moments I could see all the features picked up in your shot here, except it was up the other way. I had inexperienced visitors looking through my scope at the time too and I was pointing out the African/Indian continent with the white limb below, the polar cap at the top and the white spot at the upper right edge of the planet...and they could actually see it all and were amazed

Thanks for capturing my memory so well.

Mike
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