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Old 21-06-2011, 02:28 PM
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Checklist for a successful imaging of an ISS transit of the Sun.

1. Telescope power source fully charged: Check
2. Spare camera battery fully charged: Check
3. Camera memory card formatted: Check
4. 12" Dobsonian telescope collimated: Check
5. Off axis solar filter fitted to the front of the telescope: Check
6. Cap fitted to front of finderscope: Check
7. Camera placed in car after using it on the weekend,
not taking it out and discovering wife has driven to
work with the camera still in the car, leaving one
without something to image with. Check.

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