Re: [APML] A Pair of Bradfields

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

All hail! What a shot! The Schmidt rules on comets. Oh Yah!

Stuart
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>
To: "'Discussion of Film Astrophotography'" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:16 PM
Subject: [APML] A Pair of Bradfields


> We have seen some great comet images over the last week - thanks for
> posting everyone! I am a bit surprised that the Schmidt camera guys
have
> been so unusually quiet during this comet. What happened to Kent,
Robert and
> Chris? I gave it a shot this morning - what a tough shot! The moon is
really
> interfering now, the comet really seems to be fading going by the
posted
> images from earlier in the week. I was also surprised by how fast the
sky
> brightens at this time of year and didn't have time to load any colour
film.
> Bracketing was also a challenge but at least one shot turned out well.
> Processing was a pig! Gradients are huge, you can even see different
layers
> of "stuff" near the horizon. There was a scratch on the film, a
> satellite/meteor, water marks (oops!) and some artefacts from the
scanner
> trying to pull an image from such a dense negative. Still, I hope you
enjoy
> the image, taken with an 8" Schmidt camera.
>
> I also included an older colour image from another Bradfield
> discovery, from almost 17 years ago. That equipment list might bring a
tear
> to the eye of the older imagers in the crowd.... ;-)
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/bradfields.htm
>
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
>
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