Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky

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

Hi Jerry -

I figure I'd need a 5mm f/2.8 lens to get the same with my 20D..... ;-)
Thanks for the comment, glad you like it!

Chris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lodriguss" <lists3@astropix.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] California Desert Night Sky


>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Excellent.  Love the zodiacal band, that is very hard to capture on film.
>
> Reminds me of some of the dark sky sites we have here in downtown
> Philadelphia. :-)
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> At 01:00 AM 4/10/2005, you 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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