Re: [APML] New Witch Head Nebula

["Jim Janusz" <jjanusz@dc.rr.com>]

Hi John,

Yes, I had better luck this month.  I have been talking to Roland regarding
the glare that Rigel causes in this shot but the only solution, so far, has
been to move the framing another 1/2 degree from Rigel.

The two stack also helped although grain is really not an issue on the
original negs.  I also modified my film handling technique to eliminate all
of the scratches I had in the last shot.  These are scratch free.

The stars may be 127 microns and the seeing was about + or - 1.5 arc seconds
on the ST-V but they sure look small on the negs.

I think I will try for two more negatives, to stack with these, next month
and see if there is any improvement.  I just wish we could get some of our
.5 arc second summer seeing while this thing is still in our dark sky area
at the site.  Winter never seems to have that good of seeing here.
But.........    That is better than no seeing at all.  (G)  Sorry to hear
about your crummy weather.

Here's hoping you get a January clearing.

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] New Witch Head Nebula


> Excellent Jim! Much improved over last month's shot. I also appreciate the
> slightly larger format of your image, even if the stars are 127 microns!
Very
> nice detail in a tricky subject - nicely done. Some of us haven't even
seen a
> clear sky since early November..... :-(
>
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
>snip


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