[extropy-chat] re: Galaxy

[Alfio Puglisi]

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Amara Graps wrote:

> Alfio,
>
>> Ahem.. since that's the M31 galaxy
>
> Maybe you will like this...
>
> http://www.amara.com/Andromeda1982.pdf    (caution: 5Mb)
>
> Andromeda Galaxy from the 18in Palomar Schmidt (we had a little
> time between asteroid fields to relax on this object :-) ).

Wonderful.

>
> [From a recent scan of my old print..Unfortunately the negative
> is destroyed, and this washed-out print is all I have left]

CCDs have the advantage that digital images don't wash out, but they are 
lost even more easily than old negatives :-))

Alfio