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Sunset last night before star party

Started by flusk, 03/10/2008 12:02AM
Posted 03/10/2008 12:02AM Opening Post
Greetings, all…

While we were waiting for darkness at our Hensley Lake observing site last night we were treated to a very nice sunset. Here is one of my best shots. Olympus E-1 + 50-200 mm @ 130 mm, ISO 400, 1/1000 s, and f/8.

By about 7:00 p.m., the breeze and clouds were gone and the skies were steady and clear. The evening started at about 65°F and dropped only to about 55°F by 11:00 pm, when I left. I saw the Rosette for the first time with my Celestron CPC-800. I had tried before, but this time I remembered the OIII filter.

Fred

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Posted 03/10/2008 04:26AM #1
Hey Fred, that's a great shot!
What a way to start out the evening.
(Now that I know the clouds went away.) ;^)
Linton
Posted 03/11/2008 07:22PM #2
Really beautiful, Fred! A fellow observer in my club calls that the "magic hour".
Regards,
ccw

Sweet the coming on
Of grateful evening mild; then silent night
With this her solemn bird and this fair moon,
And these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
--John Milton

Posted 03/13/2008 01:09PM #3
Hi Fred -- Congrats on seeing the Rosette. I've never managed to see it, probably because my usual viewing site has too much light pollution.
What magnification did you use? -- had to be low power since it measures about a full degree in diameter.

Bob Polcyn