RE: [APML] Speaking of E100 and Velvia

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

> ...He is taking up a 
> barn-door type of mount which he will be able to expend his 
> exposures to one minute before look angles get weird out the 
> window.  Remember, he will be travelling around the world 
> every 90 minutes, so apparent sky motion will be highly maginfied.

Now that's an adventure in astrophotography!  And with a barn-door
mount, too!
 
> I think the most excitting astrophoto prospect for his flight 
> will be the Leonid storm.  ISS will be over Europe during the 
> first wave, and over the US durring ther second wave.  Talk 
> about prime seats for the meteor show! He has two options, 
> one is to aim down and shoot the meteors against the dark 
> Earth below, along with the landscape illumined by dim 
> moonlight and city lights streaking by.  Or he can aim along 
> the horizon, looking through a much larger cross section of 
> atmosphere, and therefore gather more meteors per exposure.  
> Exposure limitations will be less stringint with the horizon option.

I hope he tries both - there should be plenty of time to try some
different compositions.  Can't hurt to take a roll or two of NHG II
along for the meteors.  I can't imagine how stunning the shower must
appear from orbit.

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




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