Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky

["Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>]

Hey John -

Sorry to hear it was a bust this weekend.  I spoke with Jim on the phone on
Thursday and he was already out there with Vince and said the wind was
blowing.  I've been out there when its windy and its not pretty...
especially with those sands dunes to the south.  But it is dark ain't it...
and dry too... the times I've been there I've never measured the RH over
30%...man, its such a nice site...... Jim being the lucky dog he is, only
lives 1 hour away!


Chris

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Chris Cook Photography
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Laborde" <jlaborde@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky


> 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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> >
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