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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Comet NEOWISE 2020
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard L Ritter Jr)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:06:47 -0400
References: <B2FCCC18-DB50-4499-9720-5D4363353EAB@mac.com>

Well done, Adam!

As a sometime astroimager, I plan to get up to try the same, if the weather 
here in NW Ohio ever permits.

?howard

> On Jul 8, 2020, at 8:46 AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Got up at 4:00 AM this morning and drove out north of town to get away 
> from the city lights. Set up the tripod. Looked for comet NEOWISE in the 
> NE sky but couldn?t pick it out but a pair of (Leica - see? on topic) 
> binoculars found it right away.
> 
> Astro photography is a bit of a different thing for me. I made some 
> mistakes. I should have used the delay on the camera so I got a bit of 
> tripod shake. But I did make a comet photo!
> 
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-DwpdHCL/A>
> 
> Fujifilm GFX100 with 250mm f4 lens. 1.3 seconds @ ISO 2000.
> 
> It was fun to see the comet which was naked-eye visible as my eyes got 
> adjusted. Of course the sky was lightening also.
> 
> Thanks for looking!
> 
> Adam Bridge
> Davis, CA
> 
> 
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