Reply to: [APML] A Southern Gem

["Jim Barclay" <cosmos@big.net.au>]

Herm,

It depends where  in Oz one wishes to image and view the Sth skies. This
time of year its own winter and yes, the bulk of the Milky Way galaxy passes
over head. In Central Australia.. around Ayers Rock, the skies can be cloudy
or clear. Generally speaking, even Siding Spring home of the AAT, has their
fair share of weather, but make up for lost time.

Between now and the end of September, generally speaking, are absolutely
wonderful - just ask anyone here on the list, what they thought of their
visit Down Under.

Under rural conditions where naked eye can reach Mv7.0,  one has to wear
sunglasses and 15+ sun blockout cream, to  prevent Cosmic radiation to the
eyes and skin.. >G<

Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Herm <hermperez@worldnet.att.net>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2000 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] A Southern Gem


>Looks good Chris, no need to go to Australia..it will be cloudy when you
get
>there anyways (g)..
>
>Herm
>
>
>"Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>  wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>I've posted the first image from the June outing on Mt. Laguna.
>>The image is of the region surrounding the emission nebula IC4628 in
>>southern Scorpius at -41dec.
>>Even from Mt. Laguna at 33deg N, this area does not get that high above
the
>>southern horizon.  I needed a transparent night and some elevation to get
>>this sucker. The first weekend in June provided the transparency and Mt.
>>Laguna  provided the 5600ft of altitude.
>>I'm pretty pleased with the result considering its very low elevation and
>>the so so seeing that night.  A light to moderate wind was also present
>>during the evening.
>>
>>URL of image:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/ic4628.html
>>
>>.......I think I need to make a trip down to Australia.  Then I can shoot
>>this overhead...<g>
>
>
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