APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)

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Re: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)

Post by ta152h0 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:46 pm

The Pacific Northwest region suddenly is totally clear of clouds, completely clear. and for the next week or so.
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Re: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)

Post by neufer » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:58 pm

ta152h0 wrote:
The Pacific Northwest region suddenly is totally clear of clouds, completely clear.
and for the next week or so [sic].
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Re: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)

Post by Case » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:15 pm

Astro Bob wrote:ISON-Juan-Carlos-Casado.jpg
The finest Comet ISON scenic shot I’ve seen to date. It was taken by Juan Carlos Casado from up on a mountaintop on the island of Gran Canaria from the Observatorio del Teide (IAC) Nov. 21, 2013. Mercury is seen through clouds at lower left.
I think Astro Bob made a smallish translation error there. The photograph was taken from Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife), with the mountains of the neighboring island of Gran Canaria on the horizon towards the east.
(When I visited Tenerife in 2011, I got close to the Observatorio, but unfortunately it was restricted access.)

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