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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Comet NEOWISE 2020
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 15:10:08 -0400
References: <B2FCCC18-DB50-4499-9720-5D4363353EAB@mac.com> <E5617EE3-112D-4E98-96CA-3F2F9D43FC33@frozenlight.eu>

I got some on B&W?will have to hunt files


ric


> On Jul 8, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> That is an excellent comet photo! I still remember the hype about Halley?s 
> comet in 1986, all my efforts to get a decent image of it on ISO 2000 
> slide film, to little avail.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 8 Jul 2020, at 14:46, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> wrote:
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>> 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!
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-DwpdHCL/A>
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>> Fujifilm GFX100 with 250mm f4 lens. 1.3 seconds @ ISO 2000.
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>> 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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