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Old 06-06-2015, 09:28 AM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Centaurus A 31 years apart

Having been imaging the heavens for some 33 years now, I have some old data that is very interesting to compare to recent efforts, to see just how far we have come in this imaging game....

Here is a comparison between my latest Centaurus A image with one I captured way back in 1984 as a teenager using what was then somehwat advanced amateur astrophotographic equipment too

Centaurus A 31 years apart (more information and links under the picture)

Also incredible is that the same two photographers were present on each occasion...Attila and I are still good friends, even after all this time, which is really cool too.

This is the Cold Camera we built and was used for the 1984 shot..and in fairness, the 1984 shot is a photo of an old print.

Bit of nostalgic fun for the long weekend

Mike
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