Re: [APML] Some Images from Tenerife

["Eddie Guscott" <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi Andreas

Thanks for the comments.

We had 4 clear nights out of 4 with wind only affecting us on 1 night (and
then it was occasional gusts - not windy all the time).

It was very dry (no dew heaters were required), and any cloud/bad weather
stayed below us (in fact it was weird too see a lightning storm below us).

We set up our equipment at the rear of the hotel along the fence by the
Gym/swimming pool. (Near to where a German amateur - Peter Schroeder -
stores a 24 inch dobsonian) This partly blocked any light from the hotel,
which was very subdued anyway.

In any event, the hotel turn of all lights at the rear at midnight. The
lighting was not really a problem at all.

I am sure you will have a wonderful time.

Now I know why Matt Ben Daniel chose this area for his "Slooh" project.

Eddie Guscott



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <apml@andreasroerig.de>
To: "Discussion of Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Some Images from Tenerife


>
> Hi Eddie,
>
> that are wonderful results.
> I will go to Tenerife for the last two weeks in November and will be at
> Vilaflor for a few days and then go to the Parador for six days. How
> were the conditions up there in the Canadas during your trip? Any
> problems with wind? Can you recommend some locations that are best to
> set up the equipment?
> Last but not least do you have some pictures of the equipment you used
> there?
>
> Due to the limitations of weight I also plan to use only photo lenses
> from 28mm up to 500mm. Right now I am in the process of preparing the
> equipment.
>
> Best regards
> Andreas
>
> :=============================
> : Andreas Roerig
> : http://www.andreasroerig.de
>
>
> Eddie Guscott <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk> schrieb am 28.10.2003,
> 01:04:35:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I was extremely lucky to be invited to 4 nights at the Parador Hotel
> > situated 7500ft up Mt. Teide on the island of Tenerife in the Canary
Islands
> > just recently.
> >
> > I've uploaded some pics to my website which you can see here:
> > http://www.astropics.co.uk/tenerife03.htm
> >
> > With the short notice and restrictions on luggage for the flight I took
only
> > an OM1 with several lenses and a small camera tracker on a tripod. All
pics
> > on Kodak E200
> >
> > Some of the pics were trailed due to my not taking GMT into account when
> > polar aligning but at 28mm and 50mm (20 minutes) it doesn't seem to
notice
> > that much.
> >
> > Inspiration for my pics from Robert Reeves book "Wide Field
> > Astrophotography" which I recently purchsed.
> >
> > Next time I'm gonna take scope, mount and kitchen sink - the skies were
> > absolutely stunning
> >
> > Comments welcomed.
> >
> > Still got 2 rolls to scan and process
> >
> > Eddie Guscott
> >
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