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Originally Posted by Ric
Hi all, I have been comparing film images from books published in the mid 70's with images posted by members. It is a fascinating exercise and really puts into perspective how fast and far technology has moved in 30 years.
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I am currently reading Burnham which has a number of images taken in the seventies. Even some of the shots taken by the 200 inch look pretty mediocre compared to what can be done today with something 1/20 of the size, that's 10 inches for those who are not good at math! Maybe in 50 years amateur shots will include planets going around their host stars, or show acretion disks around the stars in the trapezium...