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Mars Closest Approach
August 27, 2003
Mars made its closest approach to Earth in the history of mankind on the morning of August 27, 2003. Below you will find an assortment of pictures taken by several of our members.
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- Telescope: 12" LX200 :: 40 mm MaxView II
- Camera: Sony Hi8 HandyCam @ 73.8 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 second
- Date: July 27, 2003
- Time: 1:46 AM
- Location: Markham Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Fred Lehman
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- Telescope: 12" LX200 :: 40 mm MaxView II
- Camera: Sony Hi8 HandyCam @ 73.8 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 second
- Date: August 27, 2003
- Time: 4:16 AM
- Location: Buehler Observatory on the Central Campus of Broward Community College in Davie, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Fred Lehman
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- Telescope: 14" LX200GPS :: 6.7 mm UltraWide
- Camera: Nikon CoolPix 950 @ 21 mm, f/4, 1/15 second
- Date: August 31, 2003
- Time: 11:59 PM
- Location: Area 51 in Big Cypress National Preserve in central South Florida.
- Astrophotographer: Fred Lehman
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- Telescope: 11" Nexstar :: 7 mm eyepiece
- Date: August 22, 2003
- Time: 2:15 AM
- Location: Boca Raton, Florida
- Astrographer: Jay Albert
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- Telescope: 10" LX200GPS :: 9 mm Nagler
- Camera: Cannon G2
- Date: August 25, 2003
- Time: 11:41 PM
- Location: Lake Worth, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Jim Kimball
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- Telescope: 14.5" Starmaster :: 7 mm Nagler
- Camera: Cannon G2
- Date: August 31, 2003
- Time: 12:45 AM
- Location: Lake Worth, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Jim Kimball
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- Telescope: 14.5" Starmaster :: 2.5x Powermate :: 13 mm Nagler
- Camera: Cannon G2
- Date: September 1, 2003
- Time: 1:10 AM
- Location: Lake Worth, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Jim Kimball
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- Telescope: 10" LX200GPS :: 2.5x Powermate
- Camera: ToUcam Pro
- Date: September 9, 2003
- Time: 11:38 AM
- Location: Lake Worth, Florida
- Astrophotographer: Jim Kimball
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