Great shots all, Dean. I enjoyed both immensely. Jon Christensen ----- Original Message ----- From: <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:22 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Phantom and Flare Hi All- Was looking over my shots from the Canyon and saw that the Grand Canyon Phantom (high school sports mascot) made an appearance at the star party! This is a totally unmanipulated shot other than some slight levels adjustment and a slight crop. It is from a several-hour series of 40-second exposures taken every 90 seconds, taken near Dennis Young's scope. Who knew such creatures exist... http://alice.as.arizona.edu/~ketelsen/Phantom.jpg Early in the week I caught a -8 magnitude Iridium flare and I made a GIF out of it. I still don't know the best way to capture these - not sure if this is the way or not. A nearly 2 minute series of 4 second exposures every 5 seconds. Note how short the brightest part of the flare really lasts. Note also all the green laser pointers from the parking lot indicating it: http://alice.as.arizona.edu/~ketelsen/-8IridiumFlare.gif Will post the long sequence of the Milky Way rising when it becomes available. -Dean -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.