| NOTES |
DATE:
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Wednesday,
November 8, 2006
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TIME:
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19:58:09
UT
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CAMERA:
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Canon
EOS 300D Digital Rebel |
| EXPOSURE: |
1/250 second @ ISO 100
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LOCATION:
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Indiana
Dunes State Park (near Mount Baldy)
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INSTRUMENT:
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Meade
10"
LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain @ f/6.3 with Lumicon Giant Easy Guider |
PROCESSING:
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Unsharp
masking, levels, and curves adjusted Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
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COMMENTS:
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Mercury
is the 10 arcsecond dot located to the lower right of sunpot 923, which
is surronded by bright faculae. Thank goodness this massive
sunspot came around from the far side of the Sun just in time for the
transit, otherwise this would be kind of a bland image!
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