[APML] Re: Deep Lagoon & Trifid

[Mike Halderman <astro@mrh.org>]

That's a nice image.  I would like to see skies like that.  I recently 
shot that area as well, if you want to see a comparison:

     http://www.mrh.org/45-09.html

I have a shorter FL, and some light pollution in the south.

-mike

Grant <GB1029@inter-linc.net> writes:

> I finally had an opportunity to image from some truly dark
> skies.  The summer milky way was absolutely breathtaking.
> Unfortunately, the winds were pretty high.  Therefore, I was
> limited to shooting mostly wide angle.  On one occasion, the winds
> subsided enough to allow a few prime focus shots.
>
> Image is 2-60 min unfiltered shots on supra400.  Only a modest curve
> was needed to pull out the faint stuff.  If I could do it over again, I would
> have framed the area differently.  Aside from that, I was extremely pleased.
> Comments welcome!
>
> http://members.inter-linc.net/gb1029/Lagoon_Traveler.html
>
>

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