Nice one all the same Alan! Galaxy shows up well! I tried again on the 9th,
but with gear probs had to shoot at 55mm. Not enough scale, so didn't bother
posting...

Cheers -

Rob

--- In Comet-Images@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Watson" <awat4309@...> wrote:
>
> Gidday ROb ,
> Good to see some one had a go at this.
> I managed to get one shot Via GRAS, for your consideration
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Comet-Images/photos/album/2136675078/pic/699056771\
/view
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> I was trying for a color sequence but got shut out by another user running
long exposures with G12.
> Bit of a shame, and then the weather turned....
>
> Kind regsrds, Alan Watson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob
> To: Comet-Images@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:07 PM
> Subject: [Comet-Images] C/2008 Q3 & M104 close conjunction
>
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>
>
>
> Very rough, sorry. Bright moonlight & an RA drive behaving very erratically.
Only ended up with 1 good and 3 'usable' subs out of 12.
>
> 4 x 23 sec, piggybacked Canon 400D at 200mm, ISO 1600, F/6.3. 8 July 09,
10:45 UT. Separation of comet & galaxy 56' 47". Will be closer tomorrow night.
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>
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/M104Q38July0910-45UTcrop.jpg
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> Cheers -
>
> Rob
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