Just a couple of images of significant astronomical events-perhaps some members might be interested. They are low resolution scans of photographic prints, so they are best viewed as thumbnails.
First one is comet Shoemaker-Levy impacts on Jupiter, taken using eyepiece projection on a 10" Meade Scmidt/Cassegrain-I no longer have the exposure details, but the film was Konica SRV3200.There are 2 impact sites at the top of the image.
The second is Supernova 1987A in the LMC-the supernova is the bright star in the bottom left corner. Meade S/C at f10, 40 minutes guided on Konica SRV3200 film
Great images Laurie. I don’t know how anyone managed to get shots like these before digital. I take it for granted that I can run a series of test shots to check the exposure levels, etc before trying to take an image, seems so easy these days. No doubt a lot of patients and experience required to grab these. Thanks for sharing.
I remember both events well. My home built 40cm Dob was not long completed and I had excellent views of the Jupiter impacts. I did take some video and made vidcaps but can't find the images of it now.
SN1987A was also quite spectacular to look at through my 5 inch F3.6 "Cometcatcher" paired with the Tarantula nebula. I took some rather poor black and white pics that were disappointing.
In this day and age I can just imagine the flood of high quality pics coming from such events.
I remember both events well. My home built 40cm Dob was not long completed and I had excellent views of the Jupiter impacts. I did take some video and made vidcaps but can't find the images of it now.
SN1987A was also quite spectacular to look at through my 5 inch F3.6 "Cometcatcher" paired with the Tarantula nebula. I took some rather poor black and white pics that were disappointing.
In this day and age I can just imagine the flood of high quality pics coming from such events.
Thanks Kevin
I don't think too many people were into astrophotography in those days-certainly not in my circle. And it was a bit of a black art-all I found I could do was read some books and experiment-there was nobody to ask. Now with the internet, there is easy access to information and help, and so many people are into AP!
That's right, the learning curve pre-internet days was painfully slow. Waiting days for photos to be developed didn't help either. That's one reason I shot mostly B+W and developed my own.
That's right, the learning curve pre-internet days was painfully slow. Waiting days for photos to be developed didn't help either. That's one reason I shot mostly B+W and developed my own.
I still have my old developing tank and stuff for developing B&W film-sold the enlarger many years ago. I remember making tools for dodging and burning from old coat hangers and opaque tape.
Thanks Hugh, Lewis and Rod. I put them in the beginners section because one is solar system and the other is deep sky, and I wanted to post them together.
The comet Shoemaker-Levy photo was used at the time by "Southern Astronomy" and "Astronomy Now" magazines.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane , Laurie great shots .
I remember seeing the impacts in my 60mm f/15 refractor , impressed I was .
On the film attempts , yea remember waiting a week for the films to arrive only to find the devoloping company thought 90% of your photos were taken with the lense cap still on and so did not bother to devolop them ...
Those were the days .
,, you needed lots of patience .
Brian.
did not bother to devolop them 
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