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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: 3,000 images combine for Milky Way portrait - S pace.com-msnbc.com > 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 -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.