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Re: [OM] Re: Leonid Meteor Shower/DFW shoot?

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Leonid Meteor Shower/DFW shoot?
From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 20:11:44 -0600
I'm very sorry, I misplaced the response from an OMer in Dallas to my invitation
to get together for the Leonids - please write me again.

Gary

Gary Edwards wrote:

> Jerry, I went out to look at Star & Telescope at Barnes & Noble.
> Unfortunately it was so interesting I bought it.  Got me excited enough to
> start planning an outing the night of November 17th (too bad it's a school
> night).  From the article it sounds like we will need to be out much of the
> night.
>
> Any other OM shooters in North Texas interested in joining me?  We ought to be
> able to pick a convenient spot for everyone, but I suppose we'll have to get
> fairly far out from the Metroplex to get dark skies.  And avoid traffic
> inbound to DFW International.
>
> Gary Edwards
>
> "W. J. Liles" wrote:
>
> > Acer Victoria wrote:
> > >
> > > Jerry, could you refer me to any particular magazines/articles/resources
> > > for this? I'd love to try, both with my Zuiks and mum's camcorder :-)
> > >
> > > /Acer "steppenwolf" Victoria
> >
> > The November issue of Sky and Telescope is in magazine racks now.  It
> > has an excellent article on the Leonids.  The picture on page 30 shows
> > just how much can be captured just with a 50mm lense on an equatorial
> > mount tracking the stars for 10 minutes.  Be careful you might get
> > hooked by another hobby!  By the way the OM1 with its mirror lock up and
> > lack of batteries to fail is a favorite of amature astronomers.
> >
> > Jerry Liles
> >
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