Fort Worth Astronomical Society
   

Photos by Thomas Williamson

Subject: American Nebula
Notes:  This is a photo that I took at the FWAS observing site. I used a bike fork with a 110 24hr timer motor to guide the exposure. The camera was a Nikon 35mm with a 50mm lens at f2. The film was Fuji HG 800 with an 8 minute exposure. I had the film developed with a dark background," not black"....that would remove detail. I scanned and processed the photo with a visioneer paperport flatbed scanner.

Subject: The area of Milky Way, Coat Hanger.
Notes:
This is a photo taken at the FWAS site. Nikon 35 mm camera, 50 mm lens at f2, Fuji HG 800 film , 8 min exposure , Visioneer scan and software processed. Home built camera mount made from a bike fork. The area of Milky Way, containing the Coat Hanger.