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apparently the one at the end of the year, 'ISON' is gonna be the best one in our lifetimes so far. -
That oughta be fun, considering I got to see Halley's Comet back in the day...Comment
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did you see hyakutake in '96? here it was much more impressive than hale-bopp. covered a full 1/3rd of the sky.Comment
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HR are you going to get your telescope out tonight have we got the info on wether or not this can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere..?
What's the, Straight Dope..man..?
Maybe the NASA website has the intel..?
I think I got the, Cosmic Poop.
I think it was a southern hemisphere only observation and I think from this link it has already been and gone..lol....
...........sumbitch, I asked a question answered it was too late and I was wrong...awesome!!Last edited by clarathecarrot; 02-15-2013, 08:47 PM.2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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Maybe it was really Zephram Cocran finally reaching warp speed (the asteriod story was a government cover up) and soon we will be getting first contact from the Vulcans..?
Or Zephram failed and that was what crashed into the Ural Mountains or wherever in Russia today and the asteroid footage of the passing by earth was the Vulcans not seing his trail and they just continued on with their survey and never will make first contact with earth.
Gottan be one of those two or a good script for the next Star Trek Movie..2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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Another ghey comet.Comment
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At least it wasn't a ghey comment.2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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Yes, I forgot to mention it was visible only in the Southern Hemisphere if you had a telescope. Not visible by the naked eye. And you could just tune in to an observatory website in Aussieland to see it (as mentioned above). It was not visible in Europe and the US because it was passing by during daylight hours.
Ash, yes, I did see the one in 1996. It was a trip!
I am looking forward to the one at the end of this year. I will be dragging my Nikon out to get some good time exposure shots of it.Last edited by Hardrock69; 02-16-2013, 03:45 AM.Comment
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You need a alt azmuth timer... whattever those words I used to know are, it is a battery or electric operated device that follows the earth rotation in real time following declination and inclination, like on the bottom of a telescope get some great pics that way.
Or a adaptor to your telescope that fits a NIkon camera body bayonet.
I know you already know all of this jazz I am just say'n.2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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Do not need an alt azimuth timer if your exposure is under 30 seconds or so. Sure the exposure will not be as super sharp as if you you use one, but the blurriness is not visible to the naked eye. I take 20 second exposures and they are just fine. Your timers are only useful if you are taking exposures of, say, an hour or so. Most DSLRs will go to an ISO of 3200 minimum. The more recent, high-dollar DSLRs will go to an ISO of 25,600. When your CCD is that sensitive, there is no need to take exposures longer than 10 seconds for average photos of the night sky.Comment
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That was just natural circumstances adding some chlorine to the gene pool. If stupid people want to kill themselves we should just stand aside and let fate take it's course. One reason we have the problems we do now is we subsidize stupidity. We need to let stupidity destroy itself so it doesn't bring the rest of us down with it.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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