Re: [APML] May Lunar eclipse camera?

["John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>]

Whoa! Are we talking about the same John Mirtle? I have had only one
successful run at a lunar eclipse, it was that dark one in 1993.
http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/leclipse.htm I generally have pretty rotten
luck with exposing anything under 30 seconds or so! The multiple
exposure/eclipse shot is a pretty neat idea. I have seen it done before, but
I can't remember who did it or what the exposure details were. You have 6
weeks or so to practice up and find the "perfect" exposure.
    George, if you saw my equipment you would want to keep all your kids! I
still have only one mount (#2 on the way soon!) and it is now in it's 17th
year of service! No go-to, no stepper motors, no azimuth adjust, no polar
scope, just a big fat Mathis gear and lots of mass! My Newtonians are all
home made, and my Schmidt is bolted to a piece of ply-wood! Hopefully the
aurora is on the downslope now for another 8-9 years - I would like to get
some work done.
    Thanks for the vote of confidence guys, and that's a neat double
exposure Geoff!

John Mirtle
http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] May Lunar eclipse camera?


Geoff
Please don't put John in the same class as me (and I mean this most
respectfully) you are really lowering his stature.
I am a cheapskate bodge type boffin who is plagued with horrible
weather, John is an excellent astrophotographer with equipment I would
sell my third child (we are stopping at two) to own who is plagued with
auroral glow for two years out of every eleven.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

astropix@att.net wrote:
>
>  Great post, George...
>
>      I was hoping you and/or John Mirtle would add your expertise to this
> thread. No amount of digital processing will take the place of a proper
> exposure on film. Many here could add this... but you guys are just the
best !!!
>
>  Keep It Coming...
>
>  Geoff Powers   :O)
>
> --
> http://home.att.net/~astropix/

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