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MrKrink
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Satellites are Awesome!!
      #3403164 - 10/21/09 09:29 PM

Capturing the Iridium com satellites make for some awesome pictures. I caught this one tonight and it is one of my best so far.

IRIDIUM 70


CROPPED


IRIDIUM 18





IRIDIUM 53



ISS AND THE SHUTTLE STS-127



CENTAUR ROCKET BODY (TUMBLING)



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Stuart McD.

My Sky - Lawndale, NC near(SLAB)


CGEM Mount (Still Looking for OTA)
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Stardaug
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Re: Satellites are Awesome!! new [Re: MrKrink]
      #3403284 - 10/21/09 10:33 PM

Yep that is pretty cool!

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Celestron CPC800 SCT w/XLT & GPS // Skywatcher Equinox 80ED F6.25 500mm APO // Canon Rebel 350XT unmodded // Milburn EQ Wedge (a Meade model modified to fit my CPC)


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Re: Satellites are Awesome!! new [Re: Stardaug]
      #3403597 - 10/22/09 02:00 AM

Wow that quite a collection , this last one is very sharp.

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Orion Atlas Self Hypertuned (EQMOD)
Orion ED 80
Williams Optics VII reducer
Celestron 8" SCT
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
PHD guide
Canon 400D Hap Griffin Mod w/Baader filter
Astronomik clip-in LP filter and 12nm Ha
Stilleto CVF and Bahtinov mask
Tamron 75-300mm&28-80mm lenses
NexImage webcam

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MrKrink
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Re: Satellites are Awesome!! new [Re: Nils_Lars]
      #3404422 - 10/22/09 03:17 PM

Thanks for the comments.

I don't know what Photobucket is doing to images now but some of them come out blurred that were not blurred when they were uploaded.

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