Re: [APML] A Southern Gem

["John Gleason" <dvj@earthlink.net>]

I can certainly agree with Stecker on the weather issue. Chile would be much
dryer.  We were in Coonabarabran in March.  We had maybe 2 really good
nights.  Monsoon the rest of the time.  At one point I was filming through a
ground fog.  Our best night visual was mag 6.7 by my 40 something eyes.
Nothing quite like the bulk of the Milky Way overhead.

Based upon the weather records kept at the AAT, the last two years have had
the least amount of clear sky in many decades.   I think however that you
would be able to do much better in the southern hemisphere.  With IC 4628
near the zenith you would be able to expose much deeper.  That entire field
is loaded with nebulosity and dark stuff.

John Gleason,
dvj@earthlink.net

Celestial Images Web Site:
http://www.celestialimage.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Stecker" <mstecker@earthlink.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] A Southern Gem


>
>
> Chris Cook 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>
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > =================
> > > Chris Cook
> > > http://www.abmedia.com/astro
> >
>
> Hello Chris:
>      Excellent photo!  I do not think you would do much better in the
southern
> hemisphere.  Tony Hallas shot the same area from southern California a few
years
> ago and also got very good results.
>      You actually would get better weather if you went to northern Chile
than
> Australia.  I have been to Siding Springs Observatory, Alice Springs and
Ayers
> Rock in Australia as well as Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.  Chile was
far
> superior.  When there we had 10 out of 10 clear nights.  Also, the seeing
was
> the best I have ever encountered.  That's why Chile is where the
professionals
> are building all their large southern observatories.
>
>                                                  Michael Stecker
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