Subject: IC 434
Author: Chris Provost
Scope: WO ZenithStar 105 ED Triplet APO
Instruments: Olympus OM-1 camera, Kodak Elitechrome 200 film, Meade LXD 75 mount, Meade DSI as autoguider
Exposure time:60 minutes
Place & Seeing:Millmont, PA 17845, Mag 5.5 skies, Seeing 3/5
Date:February 19, 2006
Remarks:
Hi,
I would like to submit my photo of IC 434. A single 1 hour exposure on Elitechrome 200 slide film no filter. Shot through a Zenithstar 105 triplet at F/7. Seeing was 3/5 transperancy 3/5 Levels and selective sharpening in Photoshop CS. Shot on 2/19/06. My processing skills are not the best and the slide looks far better through a projector than the image I am sending. I am 29 years old with about 2 years of film astrophotography experience. I am now convinced that I made the right purchase when I bought the ZenithSar 105. Thanks for turning this Newtonian guy into an Apo fanatic.