Re: [APML] A Southern Gem

["Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Thanks to all for the nice comments!

Jon - I would think any high accessible peak in the Rockies would be a great
place for you to try and photograph IC4628.  Looking at the map, Pikes Peak
is around 39deg N putting you about 6deg farther north than my site.  This
would place IC4628 at about 10deg above the southern horizon.  10deg is very
low but at 14,000ft+, transparency must be stunning.  If not Pikes Peak what
about Mt. Evans at 14,200ft+?  Isn't there an observatory on the summit?
Maybe you could set up there?

Chris

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Chris Cook
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] A Southern Gem


>>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.
>
>Chris,
>
>Great shot!  Yes, this is certainly a very low elevation target - from my
>southern France site it gets to just 6 degress above the horizon, maximum -
>completely invisible from the UK! :)  Even from 33 degrees latitude this is
>a great effort - skies must indeed have been very transparent.
>
>--Philip
>Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
>Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
>Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com
>
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