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B o b C h r i s t m a s ' L e g a c y F i l m A s t r o p h o t o s
I took these astrophotos with Canon AE1 and Canon FTb SLR camera bodies, using analog film.
All photos shown here except the aurora shot were taken with the camera and
lens mounted on a Super Polaris equatorial mount, with its axis of rotation
pointed at the north pole of the sky. The mount is equipped with an
electrically-driven clock drive, whose purpose is to automatically track the
stars in the sky, thus compensating for the Earth's rotation. This prevents the
"trailing" of the stars on such images.
These photos were taken from Spectacle
Lake Lodge near Barry's Bay,
All images Copyright ©, by Bob Christmas
Click on any image for a bigger view.
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Lens: Canon 50mm @ f/1.8 Exposure: 25 seconds, with camera mounted on fixed tripod. Film: |
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Orion’s Sword and Nebula, October 12, 2004 This image of the Sword of Orion features the Orion Nebula (M42/M43). The NGC 1973/75/77 Nebula is visible above the Orion Nebula. Lens: Sigma 400mm f/5.6 Approximate field of view: 2.7 X 1.8 degrees. Exposure: 7
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M44 (the Beehive), M67, and a Meteor, This is a 200 mm f/3.5 telephoto shot of an area of the constellation Cancer. Two open star clusters, M44 in the upper right, and M67 in the lower left, are shown. M44 is known both as Praesepe (The Manger) and the "Beehive" cluster. A chance meteor was caught below M44. Lens: Soligor 200mm f/3.5 Exposure: 7 minutes. Film: Kodak MAX 800. |
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Mars and The Pleiades in Taurus, I caught the Pleiades (upper left), and Mars (lower right) in the same 135mm telephoto field of view in this shot. Lens: Canon 135mm f/2.5 Exposure: 6
minutes. Film:
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