These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

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By ebfaulkner6a at Sat, 05/22/2010 - 2:51pm

Taken Tuesday evening from Whiting, NJ, thru my trusted Orion 80ED on a Celestron CGEM mount.  Set up to do a one hour exposure, due to high "not so thin" clouds I was forced to close after 28 minutes, which is what this exposure totals.  

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Tracking looks real good.

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 9:23pm

Tracking looks real good. Nice round stars.
Now you need to find a clear night and go for 2 hours exposure.