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Subject: Photographing Halley's
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 14:12:50 EST
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I'd like to take a photo of Halley's Comet, and somehow get a reasonable
shot of the comet with my two kids in the same frame. Does anyone out there
have any ideas how to go about this? Somewhat incidentally, I plan on being
in Hawaii in April, and I understand April 11 is the closest approach. Aside
from the problem of keeping my kids still and awake on top of a Hawaiian
mountain, what are the obstacles?

I have a Canon AE-1. I've been thinking about a long exposure of the comet,
followed by a flash of the kids with the shutter open. But I have no idea
how long to expose on the comet. I have a 50mm, a 75-210 zoom, and a 2x
extender. I'm not above double exposure if I knew how to do that with the
Canon.

Please mail to me directly and I will summarize.

Chuck Collins              ...hplabs!ames!amelia!cpc              cpc@ames-nas