Re: [APML] Pushing & Mars

[Christopher Go <christone@pacific.net.ph>]

You wanna see the ultimate in Planetary webcam imaging?  Check out:

http://www.sg-planets.org

I highly doubt that film or CCD can compete!   The results speak for itself!

Regards,

Chris

At 06:27 PM 08/20/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>  Chris G. writes:
> > I hate to say this but for planets film is dead and webcam is king...
>
>  Quoting Covington from 'Astrophotography for the Amateur' (second edition,
>page 108)... "Mars is, in my opinion, somewhat neglected as an [film]
>astrophotographic target; it is in fact the easiest planet on which to
>photograph detail because of the relatively high contrast of the surface
>features... "
>
>  If I get the conditions I hope for in the Keys... I'll give your web-cam
>images a run for the money with my beloved film... ultimately, CCD has the
>big edge in planetary imaging... right ?!?
>
>  Best...   :O)
>
>--
>  Geoff
>
>http://home.att.net/~astropix/
>
>
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