Re: [APML] Mars v2.01

["Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>]

I love that shot, John. It is way cool. Is it just coincidence that one of the spikes just misses the Helix, or did you do that deliberately? In other words, were you able to tell in advance that a spike would or would not cover the nebula?

Mars is just a bit brighter than the Helix, eh?

Kevin Wigell
www.kwastronomy.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 15:41
Subject: [APML] Mars v2.01


> My last Mars/Helix shot was "complicated" by some rather severe Schmidt
> pincushions. This time a telephoto was used, and the shot is in colour!
> (yes, a shot from me not using tech pan) It's not all that often that we get
> a planet and a large planetary in the same FOV, so I am happy that the
> slides from last week turned out. Shooting through forest fire smoke left
> some wicked gradients to remove, but I think it flattened out nicely.
> Comments always welcome!
> 
> http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/mars2.htm
> 
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada


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