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Digicam Astronomy

I haven't had much luck using a digicam to photograph meteor showers....
The 1999 Leonids were a bust, and the 2002 were clouded over :-(
At least I got a nice sequence out of the November 2003 lunar eclipse.

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Star Trails
Star Trails		 High clouds moving in prior to the predicted peak of the 2002 Leonids caused a halo around the moon
High clouds moving in prior to the predicted peak of the 2002 Leonids caused a halo around the moon		 The Wagman Amateur Observatory by moonlight
The Wagman Amateur Observatory by moonlight		 Lunar Eclipse Heading for Totality
Lunar Eclipse Heading for Totality
Lunar Eclipse, 8 November 2003
Lunar Eclipse, 8 November 2003		 2004-10-27 Eclipse
2004-10-27 Eclipse		 2008-02-20 Eclipsed
2008-02-20 Eclipsed

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