Re: [APML] Identity Crisis

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

Thanks Daniel;
    Guide looks pretty detailed! It looks like I picked up quite a few
LDN's - more than would fit comfortably in the title of the web page. I
haven't seen a deep shot around Alberio before, for me it was very
surprising to see all these dark nebula. Thanks for your help!

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada
http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Reyna" <dreyna14@earthlink.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Identity Crisis


> John, I made an image from Guide 7 of that area with a 3.5 by 5 degree
frame
> superimposed over the area.  I have the dark nebulae option turned on.
You
> should be able to identify them.
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~dreyna14/albi.htm
>
> Daniel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:21 PM
> Subject: [APML] Identity Crisis
>
>
> >     I am having some problems identifying some dark nebula, and hope
> someone
> > can help. None of my charts plot anything near Alberio, the bright star
in
> > the upper right corner of the image. Anyone got better charts?? FOV is
> > cropped a bit, about 3.5 by 5 degrees - 8" Schmidt image.
> >     It has taken me 5 months to get around to producing this image, as
> this
> > was a "bit" overexposed. The negative looks like a solar filter, except
> when
> > you hold it up to a really bright light, (like the sun!) there are some
> dark
> > specks. I had to convert it into a positive using a slide copier and
> expose
> > heavily to rescue the image. I guess that this is the analog equivalent
to
> > subtracting a dark frame. :-) As it turns out, I had not planned on
> shooting
> > this field, I missed my real target but came up with an interesting shot
> > anyway. I am also experimenting with sepia toning tech pan images.
> Comments
> > (and identification) welcome.
> >
> > http://members.shaw.ca/john.mirtle/alberio.htm
> >
> > John Mirtle
> > Calgary, Ab. Canada
> >
> >
> >
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