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Here is the image of M3 that was taken during our 1st CCD imaging workshop. Not bad considering how we had to battle the clouds.
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Phases of Venus
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Caldwell 58 / NGC3242 / Ghost of Jupiter
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The 6 day Moon from Ladd Observatory, March 31, 2009 using a 3.5
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Venus, March 26 2009
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Venus, March 20 2009
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Venus, March 17, 2009
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Venus, March 13, 2009
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Venus, January 1, 2009
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Venus, January 22, 2009
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Venus, February 9, 2009
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Venus, February 17, 2009
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Venus, February 24, 2009
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Venus, March 5, 2009
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Comet Lulin C/2007 N3
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This is a picture of Venus over the Prudential building in Boston as viewed out of my office window on March 3.
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Crescent Moon – 12/31/08 C11-SCT with a 6.3 Focal reducer Orion Starshoot Solar System Color Imager 4 image mosaic Processed with Maxim DL and Adobe Photoshop
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Venus C11-SCT Orion Starshoot Solar System Color Imager 8 image stacked composite Processed with Maxim DL and Adobe Photoshop
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Attached is a photo of Venus I took on 2/9 at 6:20. It was taken with a C11-SCT and a 2x Barlow with an Orion Starshoot Solar System Camera. This is a stack of 6-1 second exposures and was processed with Maxim DL and Adobe Photoshop.
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Attached is a photo of one of my favorite Deep Space objects in the winter sky, it's actually the 1st deep space object I observed. This photo is (4) 30 second stacked images from my C11-SCT utilizing a Meade DSI Deep Sky Imager Color CCD and Maxin DL to capture. It was stacked and edited utilizing Adobe Photoshop.
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C/2006 OF2 Broughton, animated GIF of comet C/2006 OF2 Broughton that illustrated the movement over a 90 minute period. The field of view is around 30 arc minutes. It appears as a small 2.5' faint 10.5 magnitude speck with little movement from our vantage point. It's currently just over 3 AU from Earth. I did a couple of others, like 29P, another faint small speck that's 7 AU's out and showed even less movement. I'll eventually find the time to process the images from the others.
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Object passing by C/2007 N3 Lulin on Feb. 16th, 2009
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Comet Lulin at 6th magnitude passing Alpha 1 Librae, Zubenelgenubi, and companion, also known as the Southern Claw (of Scorpius) on 02/06/09 @ 0352hrs EST. Rehoboth, Mass., Sony DSC F717, Afocal, 40mmEP, 30 second exposure.
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Comet Lulin, Here is a photo of C/2007 N3 Lulin taken on the morning of Jan. 17 (temp. one below 0!). The comet is in Libra and brightening. It seemed around 8th mag. on this morning. Taken from Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Sony DSC F 717, 120mm refractor, afocal through 40mm EP (25x with camera slightly zoomed).
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Sun Pillar taken from a camera phone at 6:40 AM 11-28-08
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Jupiter & Venus & Moon
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Jupiter & Venus & Moon taken with a Fuji digital camera on a tripod with an automatic
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Jupiter & Venus & Moon.
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Jupiter & Venus & Moon. Satellites of Jupiter are visible.
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Jupiter & Venus on 11/19
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction, December 1, 2008. Minolta dImage 7i on Vixen GP mount (undriven). 2sec. From Seagrave Observatory.
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Dave Huestis took this image from Buck Hill with a digital camera and no tripod.
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
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Moon, Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
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Clavius Dsi 2008 JK enh
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Moon 12hrs before full Best 6_29_2007
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M57 - Ring Nebula in Lyra
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Milky Way
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Saturn's satellites: Sony DSC-F717, 30 seconds @ f2.4. ISO 400, Orion Shorty Barlow 2X, 40mm EP. 120mm refractor. Camera at maximum zoom, tungsten setting. Satellites from left are: Titan, mag. 8, Rhea, Dione, Tethys, mag. 10, and on the right side of the planet at the 3:00 position, Enceladus, mag. 11.7. Photos taken 03/30/2008., taken 03/30/2008.
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Saturn: orientation shot: Sony DSC-F717,1/6 second @ f/8, ISO 200. Orion Shorty Barlow 2X, 40mm EP. 120mm refractor. Camera at maximum zoom, tungsten setting, taken 03/30/2008.
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12 Galaxies
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Orion Nebula
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Photo taken Jan. 30 Rehoboth, Massachusetts 06:07 LMT Camera: Sony DSC F717, f7.1 @ 3 seconds, ISO 400
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Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst, 10/30
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Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst
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Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst
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Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst
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Comet 17P/Holmes taken October 28, 2007
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Comet 17P/Holmes taken October 28, 2007 19:05 - 20:48 hours , captured in AVI file using my DBK21AF0.4AS firewire CCD Astronomy Camera by Imaging Source. and imaged through 8
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Comet 17P/Holmes taken October 28, 2007 19:05 - 20:48 hours , taken at prime focus through my 8
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Comet 17P/Holmes, Animation, Oct 27-28. The original file date stamp for that image was 10/27/2007 10:23 PM. I was on 17p until around 2:20 this morning. I was also using the piggybacked scope to take an image every 10 min. Attached is an animated GIF constructed with these images. There isn't much but you can see some movement during the (approx.) 4 hours. The image is from around 10:00pm thru 2:20 AM this morning.
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Comet 17P/Holmes, Oct 27th
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Comet 17P/Holmes, Oct 25th
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Comet 17P/Holmes, 10/25 at at 21:45
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Comet 17P/Holmes, Taken 10-25
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Comet 17P/Holmes, taken Thursday 10/25, 2 seconds though Meade 12
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I took this image of Jupiter on the 12th of July, with my new Firewire DBK21AF0.4AS camera by The Imaging Source. It was an original 1200 frames of AVI file stacked and processed in K3ccdTools and Photoshop 7.0. I believe I can get better resolution with a 3x barlow at f/20+/- and some better seeing. The seeing that night was pretty good but not perfect. The specific data is on the image.
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Comet Linear, July 2, 2007
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Comet Linear, June 29, 2007
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Comet Linear, June 27, 2007
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Comet Linear, June 24, 2007
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Venus, Moon, and Saturn
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Moon & Venus
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Mercury & Venus in the evening sky.
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Comet McNaught
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McNaught from the hills of Connecticut on Jan 10
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Comet McNaught
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M-104 2 min, 16
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M66 in Leo. 2 minute exposure 16
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M64, the Black Eye Galaxy. 2 minute exposure. 16
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M51, Whirlpool Galaxy, 2 minute exposure 16
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Comet 73P fragment P, April 20, 2006 30s, 16
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Comet 73P fragment J, April 20, 2006 30s, 16
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Comet 73P fragment C, April 20, 2006 30s, 16
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Comet 73P fragment B, April 20, 2006 30s, 16
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Jupiter with
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Sunspots Sunspot #783, 7-3-05 Orion 80ED, 7mmNagler, Nikon Coolpix 5600
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Sunspots 7-3-05 9:30 AM EST 4
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Sunspots 7-3-05 9:30 AM EST 4
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2005 Solar Eclipaw
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2005 Solar Eclipaw
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2005 Solar Eclipaw
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2005 Solar Eclipaw
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Comet Machholz. January 25, 2005. 0200 UT. 10s
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Comet Machholz. January 25, 2005. 0200 UT. 10s
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Van Vleck Observatory
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Van Vleck Observatory
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Van Vleck Observatory
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Van Vleck Observatory
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Van Vleck Observatory
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This was the view of Saturn as your eye approached the eyepiece (photo made with a Nikon Coolpix 3100)
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Saturn just past opposition
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Moonset at White Mountain. White Mountain Trip 2004
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The 16
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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The Moon, Venus & Jupiter on the morning of November 10, 2004
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The Moon, Venus & Jupiter on the morning of November 10, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Daytime Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon. November 9, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Mikly Way mosaic from White Mountain, July 2004
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Daytime Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon. November 9, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Lunar eclipse at Seagrave Observatory, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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A waxing gibbous moon, just a few days before full.
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September 6, 2003
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The Trifid Nebula (M-20), top and Lagoon Nebula (M-8) in Sagittarius 1 hour, 800 ASA.4 inch Takahashi
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20 minute exposure on Ektachrome 200; medium format camera using a 180mm lens.
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NGC 7000 in Cygnus 800 ASA.1 hour ex.4 inch Takahashi
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Composite - 2 images, both 20 minutes, Ektachrome 200, Medium format camera
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Tak FC100 1 hour ex - 800ASA
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Images of Mars from August 24-28, 2003
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Close-up image of sunspots, October 25, 2003
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Close-up image of 2 large sunspot groups, October 25, 2003
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Image of 2 large sunspot groups, October 25, 2003
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Aurora Borealis obscures the Big Dipper. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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From East Douglas, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Rehoboth, Massachusetts. October 30, 2003
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Lunar Eclipse multiple exposure. November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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November 8, 2003
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11:05pm totality
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10:37pm
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10:06pm
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9:45pm
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The full moon rises from behind the Clark dome at Seagrave Observatory just prior to the start of the eclipse
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Last stage of the transit, just before 4th contact.
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Just after 3rd contact.
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Venus between 3rd and 4th contact, photographed in H-alpha
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The transit of Venus in H-alpha
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Between 3rd and 4th contact.
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3rd contact and the
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Those of us observing from southern Rhode Island saw this as our last view of the transit for an hour and a half while the sun and Venus were behind clouds.
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Rhode Islands first glimplse of the transit from Beavertail.
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The
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Transit in progress.
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Nearing 4th contact.
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Just past 3rd contact
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Just after the clouds break, Venus nears 3rd contact.
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Just after the clouds break, Venus nears 3rd contact.
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White Mountain Trip, July 17-22 2004
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White Mountain Trip, July 17-22 2004
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White Mountain Trip, July 17-22 2004
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