Blimey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I had never opened me mouth now ! OK you all ( apart from Ted ) seem to be missing the point. Leonard's article wasnt about a shower of elitist show offs bragging about what they can do with their large apertures ( OOOOeeerrrrr ) and expensive cameras , it was about enthusing others to have a go. And....yes you could have seen the transit with a good pair of binoculars.....and whilst lunar and solar transits are old hat to us , they are tremendously exciting to the casual observer. Last year I showed a group of people from the local Astrophysics dept how to capture a lunar transit.One of the best shots was with a cheap and cheerful video camera....no fancy lens , just off the shelf....point and shoot. They were like a bunch of excited school kids watching the event. Thats what its all about ! :O) Kevin and I are now going for a lie down ! ( 3,000 miles apart of course....wouldnt want to start any rumours !! ) John --- On Fri, 6/2/09, Derek C Breit <breit_ideas@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Derek C Breit <breit_ideas@hotmail.com> > Subject: Binoculars.. > To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Date: Friday, 6 February, 2009, 5:36 PM > Can Binoculars do this???? > > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0902/ISS_0082_2009-02-02x2cropped.jpg > > Derek > http://www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, > SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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