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Observer: Patrick Dyer
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: April 30, 1997 02:04, 02:08 UT
1. Pentax K-1000, f/2, projection from 40-mm eyepiece on Criterion RV-6 (6", f/8 Newtonian). Kodacolor 400, 6 seconds clockdriven ("hat trick"), west at top, south at right. Digitized from negative using Snappy 3.0 and 8-mm camcorder
2. Pentax K-1000, f/2, 50-mm with 2x teleconverter. Fuji 800, 30 seconds piggyback on clockdriven Criterion RV-6. Digitized from negative using Snappy 3.0 and 8-mm camcorder The later twilight and lower comet elevation all combined with the local light pollution to quickly reduce the contrast in these images.
Patrick Dyer
pjdyer3@juno.com
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