Recent experience on Hale Bopp

[P3D John Ohrt <johrt@xxxxxxx>]

Regrettable not mine, but better for you, from an excellent
astrophotographer Joseph O'Neil:

  I just got back some Fuji Sensia 400 slide I shot 2 nights ago.  Lousy 
weather, high cirrus cloud, near full moon.  That tells you how
desperate 
I am to get out and see this thing.   :)

  I shot everythign from 2 min to 10 min with 135mm, F2.8   Got an image 
on every single frame, but because of the moon and sky fog, the 1-3 min 
shots look the best.

 Tried one other experiment, hard to tell because of the moon & sky fog, 
but I am going to try it agian.

 I bought a very light blue filter - VERY light blue, about the lightest 
you can get.  On a couple of shots I would expose for 1 min, then 
carefully place the filter on and continue for another2-4 minutes.  One 
shot I even left the filter on for the whole shot.

  It did for me, very slightly bring out the secondary blue tail.  I
look 
forward to trying it without the moon in the sky.



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John Ohrt,  Regina, SK, Canada
johrt@xxxxxxx



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