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Originally Posted by Astrofriend
Hi Pete,
It sounds a bit exotic "Comet Halley in 1985/86 (on hypersensitized film)". Are you a retired astronomer ? A little bit too advanced to be an amateur astronomer, or ?Lars
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No - nothing like that. Hypersensitized film was the best choice for astro-imaging back then. You could buy it commercially but friends of mine (who worked as industrial chemists) hypersensitized the film themselves (Kodak Ektachrome 400 etc) which allowed for more choices.