[AZ-Observing] Re: 3,000 images combine for Milky Way portrait - S pace.com-msnbc.com

  • From: "Dan Heim" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:28:59 -0700

Cool.  I can only image the sense of "being inside the disc of the Milky
Way" in a situation like that.  What a view that would be!  But you couldn't
capture that even with a fisheye lens.  I wonder if it's even possible with
an optics system to get more than 180 degrees?

Dan Heim

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> Apollo 17 Command Module pilot Ron Evans did an EVA on the way back to
> Earth that lasted over an hour in which he retrieved film cassettes.  I
> don't know if he ever spoke about "looking around" while he was out there.
>
> Tom

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