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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New planet discovered in Southern sky
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Mon Dec 1 17:24:29 2008

Geoff,

That is very interesting.  This evening I saw a similar image.  While I
admire the M8 and everything Leica, and wish I had one, I believe you will
agree that this image would not have been possible  without the resolving
power of the Canon 70-200 2.8L IS:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/moonrise.jpg.html

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:45 AM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: New planet discovered in Southern sky
> 
> Tonight while looking at an unusual sky from my suburban back yard, I
> think
> I accidentally discovered a new planet, only detectable with a properly
> equipped M8!
> I shall call it LUVIR
>  <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ns/Sky.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ns/Sky.jpg.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/57gy9y
> M8 75AA 4 secs
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
> 
> 
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