RE: [APML] Moon and Planets

["Jeff Ball" <jeffball@zoominternet.net>]

Hello Stan,
I took a stab at the Venus/Moon conjunction with a digital camera
through my TV85 on a Telepod.  I was rigging up my AP for deep sky work.
I went with the overexposed Venus/Moon with Earthshine.  I just could
not get Venus sharp anyway with shorter exposures and I thought the
earthshine was more attractive even if it blew Venus off the pixels.  I
controlled some of the flare around Venus with a selection tool and
curve reduction.  The semi-apo of the TV85 shows it's true colors on
Venus<g>
http://www.astro-photography.com/venus_conjunction.htm

Jeff Ball

> 
> Paul, I see alot of dust specs on the large moon/planets shots?  Nice 
> labelling job.  You nicely captured the earthshine in the 
> first photo.  I 
> just got back my roll from last nite, will scan a few tonite 
> and see how 
> they turned out.  Sure was a pretty site seeing the moon and 
> Venus together 
> in the sky, wasn't it.  I hope some more list members will 
> post some more of 
> these types of shots for us.  Keep 'em coming.
> 
> Stan
> 


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