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... I returned in the evening, set up and waited for the Moon to rise. And at the appointed time there it was but a half a degree too far to the left! Were all my careful calculations wrong? Was I going to have to make a mad dash carrying my camera and tripod to a point a little farther north? I was briefly panicked until I realized that the Moon would not be rising straight up from the horizon but in fact rise at a fairly shallow angle to the right ...  6/4/04 10:50:56 PM
Canon EOS 10D
EF 100-400L IS + 1.4x extender @ 560mm
ISO 800   f10.0   5 sec

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