Re: [APML] astrophotography from orbit

["Andrew Schott" <aschott@cfl.rr.com>]

That would be very tricky to do.  You'd have to set the shot up with an SLR
to make sure you're proplerly aligned, and you'd have to be very steady
handed once you were.  One little wobble of your thumb and it's good bye
retina :-0


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Ireland" <direland@drdale.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] astrophotography from orbit


> I wonder if an astronaut on an EVA could stick his thumb out in front of
the
> camera and block the Sun and get an image of the solar corona, instant
> eclipse. I talked to Jay Apt a few years ago and he said you can't do it
> from inside the Shuttle because there is too much glare from the window
> glass.
> Dale
>
>
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