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[AZ-Observing] Re: Mercury transit experience.

  • From: "Workman, Brian \(AZ76\)" <brian.workman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:09:31 -0600
Nice photos.

The "green" photos are reversed, and the "orange" (Thousand Oaks) photos
are not, yet both scopes are newts, right? Did you have an erector prism
on the dob per chance? What gives?

I missed the start and finish but saw most of the event; took some
photos and video as well. Instead of WWV in the background though, I had
Pink Floyd - (Set the controls for the Heart of the Sun) ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Dodder
>=20
> I viewed the event in the
> C8 with a Thousand Oaks type II filter and our 6" F/4.5 Dob. =20
> I took pictures every 15 minutes with film, alternating=20
> telescopes and through both telescopes with a digital camera=20
> to DVD.  I also took video to DVD every half hour or so.  I=20
> uploaded a quick, ugly web page of 19 of the best digital images to:
> http://www.stargazing.net/astroman/merctr06/merctrans11806.html
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