Rich, you are always welcome at any observing site I ever occupy! The lab totally blew the prints. The negs look good, however, so I am sure a better print can be made. The sky background is too light on the prints to make out much detail. Obviously the person who printed them has lived most of her life under a washed-out city sky! The emulsion is very clear, so I didn't reach the sky-fog limit; the sky should have been, and could have been printed very dark. If I can manage a day-off during the week soon, I'll take the negs to Borg Andersen, where I personally know some of the staff. They'll do what the 1-hour guys can't. The comet's tail is easily six or seven degrees long on the negs, maybe longer. Compared to Hale-Bopp, which I shot at the same image scale, Ikeya-Zhang is "underfed". The stars are pinpoint dots. Hooray! Chuck --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm jealous--
I spent the evening at work in Draper until after midnight trying to get a product shipped; didn't happen (ugh) until about 5pm today.
Sounds like a fun group -- I would like to do some light bucket observing with you guys sometime soon at a dark site...
Rich
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