Re: PHOTO OF THE WEEK, M2, First 10" image

Excellent result, Jack, with a luxurious FOV and beautiful colors.
Abel van Weerd
Amsterdam/Netherlands
http://www.xs4all.nl/~acvwpcd

"Jack Schmidling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
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> This week we present the first electronic image taken with the 10"
Newtonian
> telescope. This was made during my film photography career when a
telescope
> was never big enough. It replaced the 8" made in the 50's and within a
> couple of years was replaced with the 16".
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> Not long after making the 16", I ventured into electronic imaging with CCD
> cameras and never looked back until recently. Film has a significant
> advantage over CCD imaging by virtue of it's size compared to the tiny CCD
> chip but over the years I had acquired pictures of everything that works
> best with film. For smaller and more remote objects, CCD is a slam/dunk,
as
> they say.
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> It has also become painfully obvious that bigger is not always better. It
is
> a simple fact that the larger the aperture and the longer the focal
length,
> the more a telescope becomes dependant upon good seeing to perform even as
> well as a smaller one. It was a rare night when a picture taken with the
16"
> was any better than with the 10" and it just does not seem to be worth the
> additional hassle of a larger scope at a location where the seeing is more
> often bad than good.
>
> With the move to electronic imaging, things only get worse because of the
> better resolution of the CCD camera. As I only have film images with the
10"
> to compare to, I thought it would be fun to recommission it and image with
> it for a few months. With Mars gone and the 16" mirror due for a new
> coating, I thought this would be a good time to do it. This week's image
is
> the first taken with the 10" and a CCD camera.
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> js
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