Re: [APML] SMC

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

>http://world.std.com/~mattb/gallery/astro/smc.html

At 10:20 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
>Nice framing.  All the stars have a pink tint to them.  I think it's a bit
>too dark overall.

>From: "Daniel Reyna" <dreyna14@earthlink.net>
>47 Tucanae looks nice, goes all the way to the core, no real burnout.  The
>color I think is too magenta, mostly in the highlights.

Chris & Daniel,

Yes, the stars were too pink/magenta. I adjusted them. Thanks.
The background is dark, but if you saw the dim artifacts you'd understand.

>From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@zoominternet.net>
>Gorgeous Matt.  That cluster is almost inviting enough to take the
>camera off of the scope and put in an eyepiece<g>

Thanks!

>From: lkt <tan@cox.net>
>That's an amazing shot with excellent composition. 

Thanks. With the 130, I had to mosaic to get that composition.

>The color balance
>seems perfect but the background might be a bit dark. 

See above.

>Also you might be
>able to dodge 47 Tucanae's core a bit. Was this object rising when you
>shot it? 

At end of evening twilight the SMC was approaching lower culmination. I scheduled the SMC as the last shot of each night in order to catch it rising.

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