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usonian

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6. I got a pic of comet Neowise with a totally unsuitable camera (needed a telescope to do it right)

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 10:16 PM

Sep 2023

But I got it at 500mm efl. f/5.
Normally, I let the folks with big telescopes do the dirty work for me, but "just this once" I wanted my own photo.

Back to letting NASA take the pix!

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Most articles are fluff, but these can help. usonian Sep 2023 #1

Thanks. Igel Sep 2023 #2

as I recall not one comet in my lifetime has proven to be more than a disappoint and lived up msongs Sep 2023 #3

McNaught was pretty crazy in 2007 Sympthsical Sep 2023 #5

I got a pic of comet Neowise with a totally unsuitable camera (needed a telescope to do it right) usonian Sep 2023 #6

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