Re: [APML] Sagitarius Region of Milky Way Photo

["Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>]

That is a very impressive shot.
Rob Gendler
Email: robgendler@att.net
Web site: http://robgendler.astrodigitals.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Baker" <starsman53@yahoo.com>
To: <Astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:48 PM
Subject: [APML] Sagitarius Region of Milky Way Photo


> This is a shot I took about a month ago from the
> Houston Astronomical Society Viewing Site (about 30
> miles west of Houston).  The shot is of Sagitarius
> with Mars off to the left and the center of the Milky
> Way in clear view.  The picture was a piggy backed
> shot taken with a Nikon F-2 with 50 mm lens at F-2.
> The exposure was for 30 minutes on ISO 400 Kodak LE.
> Other than occasional clouds coming over the seeing
> was terrific all night.
> 
> Randy Brewer was good enough to process the negative
> in Adobe Photo Shop.  He improved the overall picture
> quite a bit (thanks Randy).  The picture can be seen
> on Randy's web site at www.randybrewer.net/friends.htm
> 
> This is the first picture I've taken that I thought
> was good enough to share with all of you experts.  I
> almost didn't put it on the web site this week but I
> decided that a little photographic critical review
> might be a nice diversion from the week's dreadful
> events.  Please let me know what you think.
> 
> Phil Baker
> 
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