[Chaos-l] Interesting Picture In An Article

[walter fowler]

More to the point (if you look at Bryan's e-mail) is that Friedman used a
webcam for this image.  I think the $25K in equipment is helpful, but the
key is the webcam and stacking images!  I'm waiting for Bryan's webcam class
(start date "to be announced").  Walter

On 5/4/06, Bryan <behenry at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Dr. Alan Friedman is an amazing photographer and his work is seen
> throughout
> the web.  He has a brief tutorial on web cam photography and his photos
> appear in Sky and Telescope, Astronomy and numerous other
> publications.  He
> uses an Astro-Physics 10" Maksutov-Cassegrain on an AP 1200 mount.  The
> processing is done on a Macintosh computer.  The picture of Jupiter and
> Ganymede are fantastic and rival the Hubble photos.  His lunar, Mars and
> Saturn shots are the same quality.  Even considering the $25K in
> equipment,
> he must have some great processing technique.  I am waiting for him to
> photograph a volcanic eruption on Io.
>
> Bryan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
> To: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:38 PM
> Subject: [Chaos-l] Interesting Picture In An Article
>
>
> > Everyone,
> >
> > I was reading an article on the science at nasa website
> > (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/04may_jupiter.htm?list41640),
> > and in it, they show a photograph of Jupiter and Ganymede ... taken
> > by an amateur astronomer in Buffalo with a 10"  Mak/Cassegrain ...
> > and you can SEE STRUCTURE on Ganymede!
> >
> > Amazing!   Absolutely amazing!    I want to be able to do that some day
> > ...
> >
> > Robert Nielsen
> >
> >
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