|
Chris,
Now hear this, now hear
this... after trying film again for small objects, it became INSTANTLY obvious
that a CCD kicks films butt... it's not even close! When I compared a film shot
of M101 with the ones I did with the ST-10 I wondered if it was even the same
telescope that took the pictures!
I did sell the ST-10 to my
close friend Bill Williams who wanted to image with it, but I use it in the
summer and early Fall when he can't because of the oppressive heat and humidity
of southern FLA ... in about half a year I am teaming up with my friend Bob Fera
to build an observatory on his ridge where the seeing is better than at mine...
it will be my scope with his 1200 GOTO and his ST-10... but the bottom line is
that for small objects, a CCD is far superior to film both in sensitivity and
resolution... sorry, but them's the facts. If I could not team up with a friend,
I would buy another one ...
And having company is great...
there have been confirmed mountain lion sightings behind my house lately... I
feel like a giant steak walking from the house to the observatory... major
flashlight and gun environment...
Tony
|
_______________________________________________ Astro-Photo mailing list Astro-Photo@seds.org http://seds.org/mailman/listinfo/astro-photo