elgatoloco
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Comet!
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/comet-hartley-2-mig...
MAGA
marooons Are Governing America
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David K
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Thank you, it will be super easy to find alongside Cassiopeia!
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Thanks for the tip, Cat. I'll have to schedule a camping trip to better appreciate it under a rural Baja sky. I'm sure the kids will appreciate it,
too.
I'll have to pack extra marshmellows and hot chocolate, that'll keep most of them up on a sugar rush (the show starts after midnight, for those who
didn't read the article).
Another exaple of what makes this board so special. Thanks again.
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End of Oct it should be 5th magnitude which means it will be easy naked eye from a non- light polluted location (lots of those in Baja!)
If people have a camera tripod you can get an adapter (very cheap!) to allow for mounting of a pair of binoculars.
Heres another link for Hartley:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/10263266...
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thanks for the tip! love info like this.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by astrobaja
End of Oct it should be 5th magnitude which means it will be easy naked eye from a non- light polluted location (lots of those in Baja!)
If people have a camera tripod you can get an adapter (very cheap!) to allow for mounting of a pair of binoculars.
Heres another link for Hartley:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/10263266... |
How about a photo from your telescope Mike?
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astrobaja
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sorry David my scopes not the kind that can take the longer exposures needed for that type of object, all I can do is moon/planets. I will post links
to some of the better amateur pics taken of Hartley!
Work is now well under way for Equuleus south observatory though! Soon my scopes will have a roof again!
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David K
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Great... Elizabeth and I have discussed our next trip into the San Pedro Martir and we want to meet you and visit Rancho La Concepcion/ Dark Skies
Inn!
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