Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky

[John Laborde <jlaborde@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi Chris,

I just got back from the same location after spending three days there 
with Jim Janusz and two others. Unfortunately we did not have the astro 
gods with us. High winds, cloud cover and haze plagued our imaging 
efforts. But it is a dark site. Nice shot.

John Laborde

Chris Cook wrote:

>Hi all -
>
>Here's a shot I did last Friday when I was out in Southern California.  I
>had wanted to do this shot when I lived out there but never got around to
>it.
>
>Its an all sky image taken from one of the darkest locations in SoCal,
>between Joshua Tree NP and Blythe in the low Colorado Desert.
>The night this was taken would rate around a Bortle 1 to 2. The LVM is
>easily 7.0 to my eyes and probably 7.5 to those with really good eyes.  The
>Zodiacal Light was bright and the Zodiacal Band was visible going through
>the ecliptic... both of these were recorded in this image.
>
>Here's the result........ Place your mouse over the image to see it with
>labels.
>
>http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/dc-fisheye.html
>
>It doesn't get any wider than this! ....well ok, that's not entirely
>correct... you could shoot with the Nikkor 6mm fisheye.... <VBG>
>
>Film can still kick ass.  :-)
>
>Hope you enjoy the view!
>
>Chris
>
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