RE: [APML] Lunar Eclipse

["Jon Kolb" <jkolb@datawest.net>]

Hi George,

> We had clear skies outside Montreal for the first half of the 
> eclipse and I decided to try my hand at prime focus work for 
> the first time. Here are the results 
> http://www.angelfire.com/space/lunatic/lunar_e> clipse.htm . 
> Lessons learned, set the drive controller to 
> lunar instead of sidereal (duh), additional damping of some 
> sort is needed for the seconday, and a brighter focusing 
> screen is needed.

Nicely done!  Especially if you've never done prime focus before.
Unfortunately, I was rained out here in Colorado, but we'll take the
moisture.

Sincerely,
Jon Kolb
Adventures in Astrophotography
http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
jkolb@datawest.net



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