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Old 05-01-2013, 10:29 PM
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Dark sky rules !

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Comet Halley during total lunar eclipse of 24 April 1986 in SE Queensland near NSW border where it is (was?) very dark. Very humid air I had a newspaper as a lens hood for the objective of my 80mm scope.

It was somewhere here:

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-29.16...85&z=9&l=0&m=b

Jan 2011 sky from Teneguia La Palma Canary Islands.

Jul 2012 Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) with a 25cm Dob during daylight.
Jun 2012 Jupiter only 10 degrees from the Sun with a 10cm on midday.
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