Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky

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

Hi Rob -

Thank you!
Some of that gold is light pollution but the really faint stuff in the E, NE
and SE is most likely airglow and a tiny bit of air bourne dust, although it
was very transparent that night.

Chris

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Chris Cook Photography
www.cookphoto.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky


> Chris,
> That is very cool. What is the gold band which so nicely
> frames the night sky?
> Rob Gendler
> email: robgendler@att.net
> Web Site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>
> > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 10:00 PM
> > 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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> > >
> > >
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