[APML] Film is not yet dead

["Tom & Lou Krajci" <krajcit@3lefties.com>]

I'm a big fan of CCD use for amateur science, but the March 2002 Sky &
Telescope (page 68) article shows that film is still a preferred tool for
nova patrol.

Some recent examples of a nova that barely reached naked eye visibility
(easy in binoculars):

http://digilander.iol.it/infosis/homepage/astronomia/comet1.html

http://digilander.iol.it/infosis/homepage/suspectnova.html

http://digilander.iol.it/infosis/homepage/moviv838mon.avi

Tom Krajci


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