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To: Verginius Rufus

Photographer Bashar Markabawi Photographer

E-mail markabawi@yahoo.com

Location Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Best of breed from http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/gallery/skyevents/11088956.html (Amateur submissions).

Date November 14, 2007. At 9:30 PM MST. [11/15/2007 4:30 GMT]

Equipment 80 mm William Optics with 0.8X focal reducer. Camera Nikon D 50. Exposure time 10 minutes at 800ASA and JPEG format. No processing only resized. Mount EQ3 orion.

Description The comet is closer to Mirfak which is the brightes star in the picture, left is nothward.

8 posted on 11/18/2007 3:26:29 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Yes, Mirfak is Alpha Persei. It has been getting noticeably closer to Mirfak since the first few times I saw it and seemed to be almost touching the star last night.

I don't know which disaster can be blamed on the comet...maybe the flooding in Bangladesh.

12 posted on 11/18/2007 4:05:06 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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