Re: [APML] new old picture, southern Sco

Wei-Hao, I wish I had images like this lurking on my hard drive. Very nice!

And luck is what I'll need to see stars this weekend. Maybe tomorrow night.

Gary

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From: Wei-Hao Wang

To: APML

Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:36 AM

Subject: [APML] new old picture, southern Sco

Hi all,

I haven't taken any pictures for about half year. This situation will
last for at least another year. Life is so boring.

Fortunate enough, I found one unprocessed image sitting in my
harddisk. It was not proceesed because it was supposed to be
part of a mosaic but the other parts are never complete. I made
a very quick and dirty process and found it is not too bad to show
you. Here we go.

small version:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/misc/south-sco-small.jpg
somewhat larger version:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/misc/south-sco.jpg

This is a single exposure (no mosaic). It was taken in the summer
of 2003 on Mauna Kea under thin cirrus (if my memory is right).
The exposure time is probably my typical 80 minutes. Telescope
is Pentax 105mm with focal reducer (F5.1). Film is Konica
Centuria 400 Professional. I didn't do any fancy image processing
such as flat fielding. To avoid the dark corners, it is about 80%
cropped.

I know it's not too impressive. But it's better than having nothing
for fun. Hope you like it.

And good luck to everyone who will hunt stars this weekend.

Wei-Hao

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