Steve, www.Heavens-above.com is a great site showing current locations of lots of objects. Especially note the iridium flares, those are neat to watch with the kids. I'd love to see the photos, can you post them somewhere, or email me offline. Rex
I thought the photos might not go through the list serve - anyway- if anyone would like me to email them to you directly I will do so- just let me know who would like them or if I could upload them somewhere where everyone could look at them- I don't have a personal website. Rob Ratkowski wrote me about what the specifics of the shoot were: My friend (I did not take the photos) basically set up his camera (the new digital Canon Rebel- an awesome camera btw) on just a tripod (no scope or binoculars) with just a 32 mm lens (you can see the cedar tree framing the left of the shot) and took a 30 sec exposure without a flash; the light you see reflected on the cedar tree is from the campfire. The two shots are consecutive shots taken within a minute or two of the other. He wasn't able to see the object with just his eyes and he didn't photograph it again the next night. Too bad.. I think that is all the detail I can think of. Any more thoughts? Rex, I'll look at the website link you gave. Thanks, StG On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 01:29 PM, Rex Hale wrote:
Steve,
www.Heavens-above.com is a great site showing current locations of lots of objects. Especially note the iridium flares, those are neat to watch with the kids.
I'd love to see the photos, can you post them somewhere, or email me offline.
Rex
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Hi Steve The fact it wasn't unaided eye visible even in the slightest amount makes me suspect towards the lens. The Rebel Digital probably came w/ a lesser Canon lens (as a zoom) that would be flare or reflection prone. Venus is bright so a reflection would not be uncommon though the blue/green haze is what a comet photographs like. Have your friend do a similar exposure tonite at about the same time w/ the same settings. If the "comet" is there and you can't see it w/ your eyes or binoculars, then it IS the lens. Have fun .............. Aloha Rob
Just a note. My friend tried to take a photo again last night - even though he had to wait for the sky to clear somewhat. He took a photo of the moon and venus as they were next to each other and the photos he took show an even more noticeable blue "crescent" object off to the side. It was apparent that what we were seeing in the other photos and last nights photos that it was indeed a reflection. This time the crescent shape of the moon made a mirror reflection of itself off to the side. Thanks for the great info- StG
That's a nice web site. Thanks for sharing. Rex Hale wrote:
Steve,
www.Heavens-above.com is a great site showing current locations of lots of objects. Especially note the iridium flares, those are neat to watch with the kids.
I'd love to see the photos, can you post them somewhere, or email me offline.
Rex
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