Re: [APML] Images from Sunglow

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

At 12:42 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, Chris1011@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/15/2002 10:58:03 AM Central Daylight Time, matt@starmatt.com writes:
>
>>I knew someone would ask that question. 
>>I guess there was a loose fiber clinging to the rear surface of the field flattener.
>
>I would say not. The streak would only be on one star if that were the case. It would have to have been somewhere up in the tube before the field flattener so that a larger area (i.e. more than 1 star) is affected. Either that, or it's a power line wire or wires that happened to line up with the light of 2 stars. This happened to me down at the Florida Star Party where I was situated under an overhead power line and did not realize it until I got my photos back.

Roland,

You would certainly know better than I, but I assure you it was not power lines. I'll examine the OTA ahead of the flattener.

Matt


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