Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Chris, a stunning shot to be sure! Is that the Zodiacal Light coming in from
the right above 3 O'clock?

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:00 AM
Subject: [APML] California Desert Night Sky


> 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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