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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New planet discovered in Southern sky
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Dec 1 13:42:05 2008
References: <0C02819200274B9C87BF37F260F6794C@dadquad><a3f189160812010626o417d5a34pd82930e2a06f423e@mail.gmail.com><750119184E404B3E96C158D7BE16B078@dadquad> <FE5C127F-B84B-4A6F-9053-E6CA5320B016@frozenlight.eu>

Take a line through the top and bottom stars in the Southern Cross (top
centre of photo) and extend it upwards there. That goes to true south.
The two planets were way cool to see so bright, even in the midst of this
cities light pollution they really stood out. 


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Nathan Wajsman
Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2008 07:32
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: New planet discovered in Southern sky

Sonny, remember that Geoff is in Australia, everything is upside down :-)

Nathan Wajsman
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On Dec 1, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Full frame, unretouched, as it came from the sensor!
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of Sonny Carter
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2008 00:27
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: New planet discovered in Southern sky
>
> Gotta be fake.  The moon is upside down!
>
> ;-)
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Geoff Hopkinson
> <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote:
>
>> Tonight while looking at an unusual sky from my suburban back yard, I 
>> think I accidentally discovered a new planet, only detectable with a 
>> properly equipped M8!
>> I shall call it LUVIR
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ns/Sky.jpg.html>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ns/Sky.jpg.html>
>> http://tinyurl.com/57gy9y
>> M8 <http://tinyurl.com/57gy9yM8> 75AA 4 secs
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA



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