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Observer: Patrick Dyer
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: April 6, 1997 01:43-02:54 UT
1. Pentax K-1000, f/2, 50-mm. Fuji 800, 15 seconds unguided. Digitized from negative using Snappy 3.0 and 8-mm camcorder after over a week of South Texas cloudy spring weather.
2. Pentax K-1000, f/2, 50-mm afocal into 40-mm eyepiece on Criterion RV-6 (6", f/8 Newtonian). Fuji 800, 5 seconds clockdriven ("hat trick") north at top, west at right. Digitized from negative using Snappy 3.0 and 8-mm camcorder. Found out that the Criterion clock drive still worked well after years of not using it!
3. Pentax K-1000, f/2, 50-mm. Fuji 800, 20 seconds unguided. Digitized from negative using Snappy 3.0 and 8-mm camcorder. Lots of tree illumination from the mercury vapor street and residential security lights!
Patrick Dyer
pjdyer3@juno.com
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