[AZ-Observing] Re: APOD May 26th...

Here is the URL for Jon's fantastic M42 photo, the APOD for November 20, 
2006:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061120.html

Gene Lucas
(17250)
L Knauth wrote:
>>> >>Comments from someone at ASU suggested they thought that Jon had possibly 
>>> >>"superimposed" his photo onto a Hubble Space Telescope image! <<
>>>
>>> It's true.  I circulated that photo to the School of Earth and Space 
>>> Exploration the day Jon Posted it.  People responded with amazement and 
>>> appreciation. It is clearly more spectacular than the Hubble photo.  One 
>>> chap unaware of what a dedicated amateur can do with a modest aperture 
>>> appeared to be in denial. He will need to get over it. Seeing is believing! 
>>>  
>>>
>>> I absolutely love this photo.  I also think Jon's photo of the Orion nebula 
>>> is one of the best ever; the "trapezium toward one side of a cavity in a 
>>> molecular cloud" aspect comes through beautifully.
>>>
>>> Way to go, Jon! 
>>>  
>>> Paul Knauth
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Gene A Lucas
>>> Sent: Tue 5/26/2009 2:43 PM
>>> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: APOD May 26th...
>>>  
>>> What's perhaps even more interesting to us here in the Phoenix area, is 
>>> that the photons used for this image were captured nearby, at the Vekol 
>>> Road observing area.  (Re: Jon Christensen, message posted on 
>>> Az-observing 04-30-09).
>>>
>>> Comments from someone at ASU suggested they thought that Jon had 
>>> possibly "superimposed" his photo onto a Hubble Space Telescope image!  
>>> (Which of course it most certainly was NOT !)
>>>
>>> Congrats and compliments to Jon on his fine work and perseverance.  (The 
>>> image represents a total of 580 minutes exposure time!)
>>>
>>> Gene Lucas
>>> (17250)
>>>
>>> David M. Douglass wrote:
>>>       
>> The APOD picture for May 26th, (posted as of about 20 minutes ago)..
>>
>> Whirlpool Galaxy Deep Field 
>> Credit & Copyright: Jon Christensen 
>>
>> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
>>
>> David M. Douglass
>> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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