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Re: [APML] Comet Hale-Bopp core reprocessed



That came out nice, John..almost looks like "bow waves" in front of the
nucleus.

Clear, dark and steady skies

Bradley

Thorn Garden Observatory
http://astronomy.thorngarden.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Laborde" <jlaborde@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Comet Hale-Bopp core reprocessed


> Opps. sorry.
> Here's the link:
>  http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=430&UserID=67
>
> John
>
>
> John Laborde wrote:
>
> > I was taking a break from processing last months images which are
> > proving to be very frustrating. I dug back into my film archive to
> > find stuff  that might be a good candidates for reprocessing.
> > I came across a sequence of comet Hale-Bopp shots that I never scanned
> > or digitally processed. These images were before my Photoshop days and
> > proved to be too difficult to stack properly using an enlarger. The
> > sequence was taken with a Nikon F3 on a 22" f/7.5 RC telescope. The
> > film was PPF-400. The image is a composite of 10 exposures ranging
> > from 120 sec to 15 sec. The pinwheel of expelled gasses is clearly
> > visible as the nucleus rotates. This was also visible by eye through
> > the telescope and over time you can see the nucleus rotate.
> >
> > John Laborde
> >
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