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Subject: [Leica] Conjunction, two days late
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:32:46 +0000
References: <f2a72d3b-d077-1090-f3b2-153d238b2295@gmail.com>

Thanks for that link to the NASA shot, Peter. You're right size DOES 
make a difference!
Douglas

On 24/12/2020 10:03, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
> Seattle had bad weather for several days before and during the Great 
> Conjunction on Monday night. Tuesday night the sky was partly cloudy, 
> but the cloudy part was blocking the planets. Tonight (Wednesday), I 
> finally got to see Jupiter and Saturn having their t?te-a-t?te. They 
> are still respectably close.? Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains 
> provide the setting.
>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/50754183152/in/dateposted-public/> 
>
>
> I was alone at a park on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound.? Due to 
> COVIDiot considerations, I wanted to be sure I could quickly move away 
> from any unmasked people, unencumbered by a tripod, expensive 
> equipment, etc.? So my record shot was taken with a humble iPhone 7, 
> complete with Impressionistic noise, and cropped to about 50%. Enjoy 
> anyway.
>
> This is a better shot, taken with a very big telescope in Chile. Size 
> matters. As with mine, click once or twice to enlarge.
> <https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201223.html>
>
> --Peter
>
>
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