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Old 21-02-2009, 10:28 PM
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Re: a new comet on view

First clear night for ages in London - couldn't see comet Lulin in 15x70 bins due to severe light pollution but scope+cam does the business in 21min exposure like this. The comet is moving against the star background which comes out like Morse-code eg streaks for each star during three 7min exposures over half an hour. Hope that makes sense!


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