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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi Trevor and Dennis
I applaud your efforts to get the much-deserved recognition to Pavel for sharing his wonderful Bahtinov mask. No doubt it's a great contribution to amateur astronomy communities around the world.
However his is just one example of a great number of applications (in many senses of the word) where an amateur astronomer has done exceptional work and shared his tools, techniques, and outputs with the greater astronomical community.
As has already been mentioned, the original ToUcam SC3 mod, as well as other fine examples right here in our community such as Al Sheehan and his ICCA, Bird with ppmcentre/ninox, etc.
IceInSpace, as an entity, can't officially "thank" each and every person when they share something with the community. The fact that so many people use these great masks all around the world, through discussions on groups like IceInSpace, Cloudy Nights, etc. should be proof enough to the creator that he's done a great service to astrophotography.
So while I appreciate and agree with your sentiments, as an entity, I can't see any reason to do anything out of the ordinary in this instance.
As with other great examples of amateurs work, I'd be more than happy to have articles written that describe how to create/make/use Bahtinov masks (that can be hosted on IceInSpace) so that others can benefit more easily than trawling through the thread with 200+ replies 
Cheers |
Thanks Mike – I thought as much and I appreciate your time and effort in penning your reply so thoughtfully.
Cheers
Dennis