[Lvas] FW: Hey Roger

Thu Apr 23 10:06:25 PDT 2009

Beautiful image.

Jim Gianoulakis
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>>> roger ivester <drivester at hotmail.com> 4/21/2009 8:14 AM >>>
LVAS all, 

Most interesting that my friend and fellow observer Brett Clapper of NC
just sent me this picture of the M-66 group AKA the Leo Trio this
morning.

Jim Gianoulakis of Nevada seemed to start the discussions of the
M-65/66 group with an image submitted last week.

I knew that Brett would not mind my forwarded immediately as I plan to
have lunch or something with him this day.

Brett uses a 9 1/4-inch Celestron SC scope mounted on a Losmandy G-11
mount. 

I am talking with Brett as I write this e-mail and he said that this
image was made at the Mt. Mitchell overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway at
approximately 4800 feet with fellow observer and friend of many years,
steve Davis also of NC. Brett and Steve were using Steves Astro-Physics
130mm Starfire Refractor with an AP mount.

Brett and Steve were using a Canon digital rebel XSi ... iso settings
at 800 with 9 exposures at 5 minutes each. Brett stacked and processed
using "Images plus".  

Roger

    I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the
earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into
the heavens and say there is no God.      Abraham Lincoln

Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:01:52 -0700
From: blclapper at yahoo.com 
Subject: Hey Roger
To: drivester at hotmail.com 

Hello Roger. I have been reading your posts on Virgo diamond...very
interesting! I was on google and put your name in and the first thing
that came back was this from the AL. I had no idea you were number 12.

http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/dblstar/dblstarw.html 

I'm attaching a picture I made of the Leo Triplet the other night.
Enjoy!

Let's observe some doubles sometime ok?

Best Regards,

Brett

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