Re: [APML] January's meager results

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

I can barley see the long stars with my glasses <g>. Don't ya just hate
that. It's a great shot otherwise with good recording of the nebula.
Bobby M

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris & Jennifer Cook <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>

> Well, I processed what was sort of salvageable from the January outing.
> While the night was quite transparent and dark, the wind was horrendous..
> probably around 20-25mph coming from the desert(at least it was a dry
wind).
> It blew all night long and actually got stronger as the night wore on.  As
a
> result, the image I was hoping for didn't really materialize.  As you can
> see, the stars are somewhat elongated from the wind.  The poor ST-4 did
its
> best but it was definitely not a night for photography(at least out in the
> open...where's that observatory when you need it!).  Anywho, not wanting
to
> drive back home in the middle of the night, I decided to let the shots
run.
> Here's the result...two 60-minute exposures of IC443/444.
>
> URL:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/ic443.html
>
> Looks like this one goes on the re-shoot list.. :-(
>
> Chris
>
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