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Old 17-08-2009, 12:11 PM
Dennis
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Join Date: May 2005
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Thanks Andrew, Ric, Al & Trevor, for those nice words – I appreciate your comments!

Ric: Starry Night Pro Plus 6 showed the separation of Neptune and Nereid to be 5min 42sec, or 342 arcsec. This is a very useful gap as the long exposures required for Nereid (18.72m) would cause severe blooming of Neptune (7.83m) with my non anti-blooming ccd camera.

Trevor: Yes a great project indeed. Also, from a darker site, the flux of Nereid above background would be better than my Brisbane skies!

Cheers

Dennis
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