[sac-forum] Re: The Problem with Imaging

  • From: Richard Harshaw <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 06:05:05 -0400

Goll darn it, this is gittin worse than the downward side of an ol black hole!

Richard Harshaw
Brilliant Sky Observatory
Cave Creek, AZ
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> On Apr 7, 2014, at 9:41 PM, "KenGSikes" <kengsikes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ok, I know I am about to start a firestorm, but I am going to do it any way.
>  
> Back in the 70's and 80's if one took a picture through a telescope the film 
> used was usually Tri-X, Kodachrome, or Ectachrome , or if one had the 
> recourses one of the Kodak 103 films. The Kodak films were  103aE, 103aO and 
> 103aF.
>  Bill Anderson and I were lucky that we had purchased each of the 103 films 
> in a 100 foot rolls. Bill had the capabilities of re-packaging the film in 36 
> exposursure rolls. We did all kinds of experiments using the film.
>  
> At this point Bill and Developed what we called the Astro Camera ( See the 
> Dec issue of Sky  & Telescope 1980  or 1981 for this article) Believe me we 
> go way back, self  film development ( D 19 , Microdol, Diafine we tried it 
> all ( D19 Worked best with the 103 films.)
>  
> Now to my point.....In the early days of astrophotography what one got on B & 
> W FILM is what was really there. Look at the past issues of S & T and you 
> will see what I mean REAL pictures  (Bill  I hope you will jump in here and 
> help me)
>  
> I am not belittling CCD photography, but today  Astrophotography is basically 
> make it look the way you want it to look. Albert takes alot of pictures, as 
> do others. Each uses different pallets for color definition as  the owner 
> sees fit and produces great pictures.
>  
> Personally, I do not look at the CCD image as I cannot see that object in 
> that color in my telescope and I delete the post. This is not meant to demean 
> what others do , but to keep in the realm of reality as I see it.
>  
>  
>  
> Ken Sikes

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