Re: [APML] M17 - M17 Schmidt Montage

["Chris Schur" <cschur@cybertrails.com>]

Stuart, appreciated.  They must be, Lowell observatory is working on an 8.2
meter down the street from me...

Chris Schur
Astrophotograpy site: http://www.PSIAZ.com/schur/astro/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] M17 - M17 Schmidt Montage


> Gorgeous! Chris, your skies must be so much clearer than most of us get
> to see.
>
> My skies last night were really good but the moon was up too soon to
> take pics.  Visually I have seldom had such transparent skies. With my
> 4" Vixen achromat, I was finding everything easily and seeing detail
> I've not seen through this small scope very often. Spent a nice 2 hours
> just enjoying the views.
>
> Tonight I'm testing the infinity point on my Zenitar 16mm lens
> wide-open. Wish me luck!
>
> Stuart
>
> Chris Schur wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Just completed the last images from the last dark of the moon, a pair of
> >deep schmidt images of the region including an 8 degree area around M6
and
> >M17 forming a montage image:
> >
> >http://www.psiaz.com/schur/astro/filmimagepages/m16-17.html
> >
> >Comments?
> >
> >Chris Schur
> >Astrophotograpy site: http://www.PSIAZ.com/schur/astro/index.html
> >
> >
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