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Post details: A Warm November Night

2008-11-05

11:51:43 am, by John GAUVREAU

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A Warm November Night

Unable to resist these mild, heady days of November, a small group of us met on the hill at Binbrook for a lovely night under the moon and stars.

Jim, Jackie, Andrew, Don, Heather, Moe and I all enjoyed lovely views through five different scopes. Andrew's big dob showed the dust lanes in the Andromeda galaxy very well, and Heather did some fine star hopping to locate Uranus. I enjoyed a wonderful moon and the good company.

The Moon and Jupiter set into the west, while their reflections rise to meet them.

The moon showed a wealth of detail. This image was shot afocally by holding my camera up to the eyepiece of my telescope.

The Double Cluster in Perseus, a fall classic. This is a single 3 minute exposure taken through my 80mm refractor. The original image shows a bucketful of stars

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Comment from: don pullen [Member]

Nice report John and some great images. The Moon and Jupiter over Binbrook is always a nice scene and you've captured it well. And another well done job with the afocal lunar shot. Your hands are far steadier than mine.
While my time there that night was brief, as always, it was fun being with a great bunch of people.

Permalink 2008-11-06 @ 11:01

Comment from: Tim Harpur [Member]

Nice detail in the lunar shot. The moonset/jupiterset is nice also.

Permalink 2008-11-06 @ 17:23

Comment from: kerry [Member]

Oh wow John those are real beauties. All of them. I love the moon with the reflection in the water!!! Looks so peaceful and serene.

kerry

Permalink 2008-11-07 @ 16:31

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