RE: [APML] CCD on APML (was: NGC 7331)

["Steve Barkes" <sbarkes@zianet.com>]

As someone very new to all of this I'd like to make a few comments.
After moving from a very light polluted Maryland to New Mexico about 2
years ago, I've recently started getting into astrophotography.
Actually I started about 3 nanoseconds after Kodak killed the GOOD Supra
400 ;-(  I did manage to stock up on some of the old stuff.

I would say that the single biggest thing that I get out of this list,
is the detailed discussion of processing the images after the exposure.
And I would hate to see some of the processing tips passed on by the CCD
guys lost forever.

I'm sure that I will always be shooting film.  There's no way I'll ever
afford a decent CCD with a 35mm size/format.  So for widefield stuff,
film is it and for me, always will be.

But I also understand that there are things that film won't do well.  I
had a friend in MD who spent 2 years shooting planets with film.  And he
worked HARD at it.  I hooked up a webcam to my SCT and shot a better
image of Jupiter the first night than he ever go in two years.  No knock
on my buddy, it's was just a better tool for the job.

When I say Tony's image I was blown away!!  Like my buddy, there's no
way I could record all of those galaxies on film.  But I sure enjoyed
looking at his work.  Since I don't own a CCD camera, I don't lurk on
the CCD lists.  So the occasional OT post to this list is OK by me, as
long as there's a post-processing tie-in to film.

Finally, I've seen a few comments about top-posting in the last few
days.  I've never heard of it, and didn't realize that is was rude to
do.  I personally like to see the reply on top, so that I can more
quickly scan through the hundreds of emails a day, without wearing out
my scroll bar and mouse.  I apologize if I top-posted anyone!!

Thanks to all of for the effort you put into this list!  It's the eamil
I check before everything else!!

Steve Barkes
Las Cruces, NM

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