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Old 12-06-2010, 08:13 PM
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Light Pollution at the Doghouse

All i can say is that it is new moon and clear and i have to contend with skies like this....
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Old 12-06-2010, 09:18 PM
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well there is a change now - fully clouded and possibility of rain
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Old 12-06-2010, 09:21 PM
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Old 12-06-2010, 09:21 PM
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At least the two pics look pretty cool Houghy.

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Old 12-06-2010, 10:07 PM
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lol thanks Leon - my new sigma 10mm DSLR lens on a canon 30d 30seconds on f3.2 and then f6.3
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please note that the dome is lit up by the lights at the dogtrack
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Old 12-06-2010, 11:23 PM
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Must agree with Leon, the sky is ugly but the pics are pretty neat.
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Old 12-06-2010, 11:33 PM
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What are you complaining about, I can see the pink of Eta Carinae. : P

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Old 12-06-2010, 11:56 PM
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Lol H, can see Cent A too.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm
is that what stars look like,
stop hogging them all ...
send some down to Melbourne please
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well there is a change now - fully clouded and possibility of rain
sorry to here that houghy up here on the coest with a little lp i had a cracker of a night nice and dark,chased some really faint gal and was really happy with my seeing of them,then spent a couple of hours seeing nebs in sagittarious with several different filters wow.
overall it was a dark fantastic night one car went past no barking dogs and mast of all no bloody clouds
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