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Protheus
Vaguely offended
Reged: 09/01/07
Posts: 4658
Loc: Illinois, US
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I'm simply in scope hell! I would be better off in the center of Montreal on top of a building tower :-)
I don't know if this will make you feel any better, but you aren't the only one. Here is a sub-second exposure taken at f/2 from my driveway just after dark.
Chris
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"To tread the sharp edge of a sword;
to run on smooth-frozen ice,
one needs no footsteps to follow..."
"Well, people sometimes ask me 'how did you get involved in astronomy?' I said 'I got born, what's your problem?'" -- John Dobson
"In discussing the large-scale structure of the cosmos, astronomers sometimes say that space is curved, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Whatever are they talking about?" -- Carl Sagan
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InkDark
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/29/07
Posts: 1506
Loc: Montreal, Canada
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Chris, you should try to locate the braker box to that thing... 
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Jimmy
"Rarely Have So Many Understood So Little About So Much" - Palle Yourgrau
"...since that time, I have not complained about the weather one single time. I’m glad there is weather." – Alan Bean, Apollo 12
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Protheus
Vaguely offended
Reged: 09/01/07
Posts: 4658
Loc: Illinois, US
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Chris, you should try to locate the braker box to that thing...
In case it's not obvious, there are probably three different light sources in direct view there, and lots more just out of sight. The worst of them is that LED sign, which can cast shadows in the yard after dark. I also have some neighbors who never turn off their lights, and more street lights than you could count, though, after that sign, it hardly matters.
If you can stay up late enough (which I can't recently), they turn the sign off after a certain time. I hear that there is some local political noise about making those illegal because they're too distracting of something like that. Personally, I don't care why they want to make them illegal; I'd be happy if they did.
Chris
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"To tread the sharp edge of a sword;
to run on smooth-frozen ice,
one needs no footsteps to follow..."
"Well, people sometimes ask me 'how did you get involved in astronomy?' I said 'I got born, what's your problem?'" -- John Dobson
"In discussing the large-scale structure of the cosmos, astronomers sometimes say that space is curved, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Whatever are they talking about?" -- Carl Sagan
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kaaikop
sage
Reged: 07/13/08
Posts: 467
Loc: Ste-Therese, Canada
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Cool... thanks for the link Jimmy!
That IS interesting stuff for sure.
Maybe we should all get together once, all of the Montreal/Ottawa area CN members and have a star party of our own.
Any of you guys know a great place not too far out, where we can get together without attracting too much attention (Police, etc...)
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Benoit, RASC Montreal
-C 9.25XLT on EQ6 Pro / ED80SF on Portamount
-Plossls, Radians, Naglers, LVW's & Orthos.
-a pair of 7x50's
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Benny Boy
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Reged: 07/20/08
Posts: 58
Loc: Montreal, Canada
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Cool... thanks for the link Jimmy!
That IS interesting stuff for sure.
Maybe we should all get together once, all of the Montreal/Ottawa area CN members and have a star party of our own.
Any of you guys know a great place not too far out, where we can get together without attracting too much attention (Police, etc...)
Police.... i hope they would not care!!!! I'm in anyway!
I also have a fair place about 20-25 miles out of Montreal. Not far enough for great seeing but it could be fun.
Cheers, Ben
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W.O. ZenithStar 66 SD APO with Losmandy adapter.
SkyScoot and Garmin GPS.
and a lot of acc. and eyepiece.
Bino 20 X 80
Bino 7 X 50
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http://www.benplace.com/
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InkDark
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/29/07
Posts: 1506
Loc: Montreal, Canada
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Maybe we should all get together once, all of the Montreal/Ottawa area CN members and have a star party of our own.
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I'm in anyway!
I also have a fair place about 20-25 miles out of Montreal. Not far enough for great seeing but it could be fun.
This sounds like a good idea. I'm in as well.
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Jimmy
"Rarely Have So Many Understood So Little About So Much" - Palle Yourgrau
"...since that time, I have not complained about the weather one single time. I’m glad there is weather." – Alan Bean, Apollo 12
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30043
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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If you guys manage this, you need to come back and tell us about it. (We have an entire forum on CN for this sort of thing: Astro-outreach, Clubs & Star Parties.) 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive.
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