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Re: [APML] Three September Images Posted



Hi Jon !

Excellent images !

Did you use German Götschmann projectors for your 6x7 slides ?

http://www.goetschmann.de/

These Munich projectors are especially bright and very well made.

best regards
Robert Schulz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Kolb" <jkolb@datawest.net>
To: "'Discussion of Film Astrophotography'" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: [APML] Three September Images Posted


> A wonderfully dry, crisp, and clear September provided some much-needed
> dark sky time this year.  Here's the first three images.  All were taken
> with the TMB 152 at f/7.9, and all were cropped either to cut out a
> little vignetting or for composition on the smaller targets.
>
> First up is the bubble nebula region.  90 minutes on E200, no push.
> There's a touch of film creep in here, since I forgot to start the
> vacuum pump.
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/m52_region.htm
>
> Inspired by Chris Cook's recent image, I decided to try the "E" nebula
> in Aquila.  60 minutes on E200, supposedly pushed one stop, but I don't
> think the lab actually pushed the film after looking at the nebula shots
> on the same roll.  It worked for this shot, though.  Although cropped
> somewhat for composition, this shot has over 105,000 stars according to
> Registar.
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/e_nebula_tmb152.htm
>
> I had an hour of darkness left one night and a roll of film I wasn't
> going to push, so I tried the Double Cluster.  This shot reminds me of
> how the subject looks in 16x70 binoculars.
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/double_cluster_tmb152.htm
>
> Comments, criticism, inveterate tinkering, and questions welcome.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon Kolb
> Adventures in Astrophotography
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
> jkolb@datawest.net
>
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