Re: [APML] Chatham Moon

["Bert Katzung" <katzung1@attbi.com>]

Superb shot, Chris!  Proves that beautiful astrophotography can be done
without spending a fortune on scopes, mounts, etc.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@attbi.com
www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: [APML] Chatham Moon


> August has been a busy month.. :-)  Here's a shot I took of the beautiful
> Moon & Venus conjunction on August 11th.
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/chathamlight-mv.html
>
> In order to not have the 2.8 million candlepower light shine into the
> camera, I had to carefully time the exposure so the light was shining in
the
> opposite direction...... talk about lens flare..... I won't post the ones
> where I missed the timing...... :-')
> IMO, the silhouette of the CG officer made a nice finishing touch to the
> image.
>
>
> Chris
>
> P.S.  It rained today!........ first time since June 25th........for
awhile
> there I thought I was still living in southern CA.... I know this has
> nothing to do with astrophotography......just thought I'd share.  :-')
>
>
>
> ==================
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
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