>From talking to someone here at work that does a lot of astro-photography, he said that Milky Way image is easily less than a minute exposure, given really dark skies.
However, he also states that the cave image was probably overlaid from a 2nd exposure, otherwise you would likely have some movement indication from inside the cave. Either way, its a beautiful picture. Charles On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Frank Binney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Bob-- > Cool photo....but I wonder if photo shop was involved. If you took an > exposure long enough to get that type of detail in the Milky Way, wouldn't > you get star streaks from the Earth's rotation during the long exposure > time? Any astro experts out there with an opinion? Or half-astro experts? > Frank > > > On 9/29/08 10:20 AM, "Bob West" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cave photo of the day from the 'astronomy picture of the day' site.... > > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html > > Very nice! > > > > Bob > > ________________________________ > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > Live. See Now <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/> > >
