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Jun.19/20 observing diary

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« on: June 25, 2009, 01:16:54 am »
Quote from: Roman White on June 20, 2009, 01:25:59 pm
A rare conjunction is going on now in the southern sky. Jupiter (-2.5m) & Neptune (+7.9m) (...)
Today they were 47' apart - within one telescopic FOV (@35x). I observed it at 02:25 EEST.
Here is an image of that conjunction...

2009-06-22 02:27-02:35 (GMT+3)
11x8sec @ ISO 5000 f/4.0, stacked in DSS, post-processed

(Neptune is the closest star to the upper right)
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