Re: [APML] Images from Sunglow

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

At 11:45 AM 10/15/2002 -0400, Chris1011@aol.com wrote:
>>http://world.std.com/~mattb/gallery/astro/new.html
>
>Very nice images. 

Thanks.

>Were you shooting through overhead wires in the Orion shot?

I knew someone would ask that question. 
I guess there was a loose fiber clinging to the rear surface of the field flattener.

Because I'm using slide film, the stars burn out easily on long exposures. Perhaps I should try to get spikes deliberately on some future shots with that refractor. John Boudreau suggested that a diffraction mask (two crossed wires) at the front of the scope would spread out the starlight. 

Matt


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