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Reged: 02/20/04
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Loc: Wisconsin
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Lunar and migration photography
08/16/08 12:10 PM
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My wife and I are going to try something new tonight. Those of you that have an interest in birding might want to try this.
The majority of birds migrate at night. If you're watching a full moon around migration time, you'll see a bird zip in front of it every now and then. The moon of course is about 1/2 degree but the number of migrating birds is huge, so every now and then something zips past. In the past we've used her Lightbridge to watch, but tonight, if it's clear, we'll see if we can photograph this.
We have an outreach star party coming up this weekend so I pulled the C14 from the observatory and mounted up her Canon 600mm f/4 on the CGE. I have the XTi on a long shutter cord. We'll be able to spot either using the Lightbridge or just through the regular viewfinder. I'm not sure that we'll be able to be fast enough to hit the release and catch anything, but it might be fun trying. 
Has anybody else lunar/bird migration imaging?
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-Jim-
Happiness is a clear sky and a Denk II
old AP images and some new C14 Hyperstar images
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