Northern Cross Observatory News by Doug Bock

Images by Norbert Vance ( EMU )
Aurora at Fish Lake, October 28, 2000
Hi Doug, Thought I'd throw a couple of images yer way, taken with the scopes at EMU Sherzer Observatory. Both are on Ektachrome 400 converted to pooter jpg's via a Polaroid QuickScan 35. Lunar Eclipse ( 18k ) The lunar eclipse image was taken round mid-eclipse March 23rd thru the 4-inch apo refractor guide scope and Comet HB inner coma ( 35k ) the Hale-Bopp inner coma region snap was thru the 10-inch apo refractor. Both were timed using the highly sophisticated "one-one thousand" method, especially in light of the 60 or so people standing in line or on the observing deck waiting for that "scope hog" (me) to clear the way for some lookin. I'll repeat the inner coma shots again tonight (Monday) with Tech Pan this time to increase the resolution. Though the original pics are a tad grainy, I see 5 rings in a couple of the 4-8 second exposures at f/14, 3150mm focal length offered by the 10-inch apo. Norbert Vance:
Comet Hale Bopp ( 27k ) Norb Vance: I took this picture from EMU's Fish Lake via our 5.5" Celestron Schmidt camera piggybacked on my C11 on Tech Pan film, 4 minutes exp., 3/9/97 4:35am.
Updated: December 16, 2000 by Doug Bock

Images by Norbert Vance ( EMU )