Re: [APML] OT: The Merope Nebula in Taurus

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

Cool factor is VERY high! I bought the Nikon D70 but other than aurora (which I think it did a
GREAT job on) I don't plan to use it for astro. I think the real appeal is the field of view of the
DSLRs - incredible when you compare to the equivalent purpose-built ccd camera.

Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schur" <cschur@therim.com>
To: "APML" <Astro-Photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: [APML] OT: The Merope Nebula in Taurus


> Hi Everyone,
>
> As most of you know or suspect, film photography for us is one of many of
> our passions on photographing the night sky.  We also image with CCD,
> webcams, and Digital SLR's as well.  We simply cannot get enough of the
> night sky.  Recently, we acquired a Canon 10D digital camera, and I have
> been experimenting with it on the 12.5 inch Newtonian.  There is a huge draw
> toward this camera, it has a huge nearly film sized chip, produces 37mB
> files, and is FAST.  Here is one of our very first experiments with this new
> camera, a shot of the blue tendrils around the star Merope in the Pleaides.
> It is merely a taste of what can be done with this camera, this is a full
> color image, at high resolution in only 10 minutes!
>
> http://www.psiaz.com/schur/astro/10dastro/merope.html
>
>
> Comments?
>
>
> Clear Skies,
>
> Chris Schur
> Astro: http://www.PSIAZ.com/Schur/astro
> Robotics: http://www.psiaz.com/schur/astro/roboticsmain.html
>
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