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[George Barber <gbarber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

I had a chance to see this while driving to my home near Kitt Peak.  It was
quite a spectacle to behold!  I said to myself, "Wish I had a camera."  You
did a fantastic job with these photos.


                                                                           
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Rick

Great pictures!  I took a bunch of pictures with my 35mm film camera and
300mm F2.8 lense but I think I 'blew' them all with exposures that were too

short (1/8 sec) and too big a lense.  I will find out tomorrow after I take

the film to Osco.

I suppose it bears (very little) resemblence to a meteor I saw at about
3:00
a.m. the night of the 11th at Vekol through binoculars.  I just happened to

be looking at the belt of Orion when I saw this meteor streak through the
FOV.  Its trail glowed green for several seconds and I watched the smoke
cloud drift slowly northward for about 10 minutes.  Spectacular.

Jon Christensen



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Scott" <rmscott@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Vandenberg Rocket Launch


>A HUGE thank you to Dean Ketelsen for the notice on this fabulous rocket
> launch opportunity. It was much more visible than I expected and the
> various phases of the launch and plume development were quite beautiful
> and awe inspiring. Two of the many photographs I took of it tonight can
> be seen on my web site at:
>
>
http://members.cox.net/starscopes/space_sky/20050922_vandenberg_rocket_launch.html

>
> Clear skies,
> Rick Scott
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