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Re: [APML] If you had an hour with: Tak FRC300,Paramount ME and an ST-8XE
They both sound like good choices. Either way, you end up with a serious
piece of astro imaging for your wall!
Stuart Heggie
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Voetsch" <alanv12952@yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] If you had an hour with: Tak FRC300,Paramount ME and
an ST-8XE
> Hey Stuart,
>
> --- Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > Alan - what is the fov of this scope and camera combo? If you can
> > manage
> > it, I'd copy Richard Crisp's shot of the Leo Triplet - would be a
> > beautiful think to hang on one's wall. If not, go for a late
> > night/early morning shot of the Whirlpool.
>
> Interesting. I asked Arnie and he suggested M51 also. I think the
> triplet is too wide of a target for this setup. You know, while I
> always appreciate the 'wider' view of things, one of the things I
> really like is seeing close-ups of the faint fuzzies. I guess that's
> why I'm also considering Tony's galaxy, NGC 7331. And also possibly,
> the NGC member of the Leo Triplet, I think NGC 3248. That one has some
> personality and I've always thought that was the more interesting of
> the 3.
>
> Alan
>
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