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Old 24-08-2017, 10:36 AM
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The best astro photo I have ever seen...

...was taken 30 years ago. Just wanted to share it with you here. It's from an old German Baader Planetarium catalogue for solar gear (1999), turned up during spring cleaning. It's an astounding achievement on so many levels using absurdly basic equipment (in the execution of the photo I might add, not necessarily the preparation). To me that's the essence of great photography.

Caption from inner cover, for your interest:

"I. Tsukamoto from Japan was able to capture this image series on 27 October 1987 on a high plateau 2,000m above sea level in optimal atmospheric conditions. With the Sun ['s disk] still obscured by a nearby ridge, an eruptive solar prominence of enormous proportions is revealed, rising higher and higher above the horizon until it fades into the light of the rising Sun. For these images, Mr Tsukamoto used a 300mm telephoto lens with a 1.4x tele extender (effective fl = 420mm) without any red filter."
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My mouth dropped on seeing this. Absolutely amazing!
Thanks for the post.
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