[AZ-Observing] Re: A Couple More from Chile
- From: Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:41:27 -0700 (PDT)
Beautiful image Tom, that fish eye lens does a killer job!
Clear Skies,
Chris
Schur's Web Portal: http://www.schursastrophotography.com
--- On Sat, 6/4/11, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] A Couple More from Chile
> To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 10:50 AM
> Due to freak weather in the Atacama,
> we had only 3 1/2 clear nights out of 6. The real
> treat was meeting up with Felipe Mac Auliffe, an employee of
> the European Southern Observatory, who took us to the APEX
> radio telescope facility in the Andes. In order to
> minimize water vapor, the enemy of astronomy at millimeter
> wavelengths, the site is in a plain at 16,000 feet
> (!). The completed APEX telescope overlooks the much
> larger ALMA array, which is under construction. This
> view overlooks the Chajnantor site of the ALMA array.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/135271740
>
>
> Rather than visually observing with a 24-inch scope, we
> rented a 4-inch refractor that enabled some piggyback
> images. This is a single 4-minute exposure through a
> fisheye lens of the Milky Way at midnight.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/135271433
>
> Tom
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