Re: [APML] The Summer Milky Way - 16mm

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Very nice Chris! Gotta find me a big horizon like that and trot out my Zenitar!

Stuart
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:40 PM
Subject: [APML] The Summer Milky Way - 16mm


> Hi all -
> 
> Here's another shot done from CA during my last night of imaging.  Taken
> after 3am just before the thin crescent Moon rose and after some pesky
> cirrus clouds moved off to the south.
> 
> I used the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye stopped down 1/2 stop to improve the
> corner star images.  I let the GM-8 track on its own.
> 
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/milkyway-16mm.html
> 
> Visually, I could trace the Milky Way out as far as you see in the
> photo.....minus the color of course..... <g>  The Prancing Horse Dark Nebula
> was easily visible.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> Enjoy.
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----------------------------------
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Astro-Photo mailing list
> Astro-Photo@seds.org
> http://seds.org/mailman/listinfo/astro-photo

_______________________________________________
Astro-Photo mailing list
Astro-Photo@seds.org
http://seds.org/mailman/listinfo/astro-photo