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- From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
- Subject: Re: P/Swift-Tuttle at last!
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- Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov10.180131.9356@sfu.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:06:14 GMT
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- In article 9356@sfu.ca, palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer) writes:
- >With a sinking heart I
- >extended the tripod legs, removed the lenscaps, and pointed the binoculars at a
- >point I reckoned to be about 15 degrees below Vega. Putting my eyes to the
- >instrument I was thrilled. There was a fuzzy patch, smack in the middle of my
- >tunnel-like two degree field of view!
-
- I didn't have time to drag out the scope last night, but I looked for
- the comet shortly after sunset with my binoculars. I was having a hard
- time star-hopping through the dim field. I spotted a satellite moving
- through the field, and I tracked it for a couple of seconds, and it
- zipped right past the comet!
-
- Nice bit of luck.
-
- have fun
- gak
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