Re: [APML] 10x20 minutes of the Rosette Nebula from apartment balcony.

[Joe Mize <jmize@globe-net.net>]

Arne;

     Great, glad it isn't a problem with your OM-1.  Until I found a somewhat local
camera shop which did the work I was trying to compensate for the mirror's
misalignment.  Many shots looked like yours, good but off centered.  Keep up the
good work...joe  :)

Arne Danielsen wrote:

> Thanks, Joe!
>
> Actually I didn't look through the camera in order to check the framing. I just
> depended on the GOTO of my scope to be accurate enough! My mistake was to use
> the coordinates for NGC2244 as target, instead of slightly to the west of
> NGC2244 and to orient the camera in portrait mode. The latter was a result of
> being lazy. I didn't plan to shoot the Rosette that night. My plan was to start
> the evening shooting C/2002 C1 Ikeya-Zhang before it went behind my neighbours
> apartment and then move on to M42-43 or the Horsehead. After shooting the comet
> I realized that there was a bit of haze towards the horizon and that the
> conditions weren't good enough for the objects I had planned to shoot. Keep in
> mind that these objects are quite low in the sky from my high latitude, and they
> had crossed the meridian already and was getting lower and lower. I therefore
> decided I was better off shooting the Rosette. Unfortunately I was to lazy to
> change the orientation of my camera because that would have required me to
> refocus. As you can imagine, I won't make that mistake again!! <VBG>
>
> Regards,
> Arne
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Mize" <jmize@globe-net.net>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] 10x20 minutes of the Rosette Nebula from apartment balcony.
>
> > Ame;
> >
> >      Very nice image.  I especially like the depth you got in the central
> opening.
> > It looks like you're looking down into a hollow tube.
> >
> >      I see you may have the same problem I had with my OM-1.  The mirror may
> be out
> > of adjustment causing your image to be off centered.  My OM-1 was producing
> the same
> > results until I had all the foam light seals and mirror stops replaced and the
> > mirror adjusted.  It cost me about $50 and now my OM-1 is clean and produces
> > centered images just as I compose them...joe  :)
> >
> >
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