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[<sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been having some problems posting to this group so hopefully only one 
of my attempts will make it...

I made a flash movie of the 15 images I took of the transit using a TeleVue
76 and a Canon 30D at prime focus. I was able to take pictures for the first
4 hours and then had to take my older daughter to an appointment. I could
have gotten another 45 minutes of unobstructed viewing time, but I'm happy
for what I did get to image. The image quality is not the greatest because I
compressed the files to make the flash movie load faster. I'll post a link
to a higher resolution version later.

I also was taking pictures with a Canon 20Da on a 5" refractor with a
Coronado H-alpha filter, so I hope to have a matching H-alpha movie once I
process those images.

Here's a link to the flash movie: http://www.balinka.com/MT2006.htm

Sam Rua
Tucson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Wainright" <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "az-observing" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Mercury transit experience.


> Hi,
>
>  I took my 4" Mak with a Baeder filter over to Chandler-Gilbert Community 
> College so people could look.  The teachers were more interested than the 
> students.  I enjoyed what one teacher shared.  "I'll never get to the end 
> of a sentence and think of a period the same way again."  That is too 
> good.  The large sunspot was a nice treat to go with the transit.
>
>  Clear skies,
>  Mark
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