[AZ-Observing] Re: Pleiades in LASCO C3 image

I put together an mpeg movie a couple years ago when many of the major
planets and Pleides and Hyades were passing the view of the C3
coronograph.  It was a trip!  And of course, seeing the Milky way, M-8/20,
and M-22 passing the corona at the end of the year is also an experience. 
I've always felt the mpegs were much more impressive than the images -
makes the corona seem alive.

-Dean

>      In case anyone's interested, the Pleiades are passing through the
> wide-field 'LASCO C3' camera on the SOHO spacecraft.
>
> http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/
>
> Pretty amazing to see stars down to mag 8 or so within a few degrees
> of the Sun.  And its never cloudy!
>
> \Brian


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