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Transcription of Perrine's copybook, circa 1890s
12016-06-03T14:04:21-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce91847plain2016-06-08T13:40:59-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceThe exposure necessary to bring out the structure of faint nebulae are very long, often of three and four hours duration and for some special objects, ten or twelve hours. These long exposures are attended with difficulties, many of which would disappear if the necessary light action could be secured in one or two hours...the negatives secured with shorter exposure would be of greater excellence and would show structure that is now lost to thinning due to difficulties of guiding [the telescope] during very long exposures.
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12016-06-02T20:23:03-07:00"Astronomical Photography and Some of Its Merits," Charles Perrine, circa 1890s.2Transcription: "The exposure necessary to bring out the structure of faint nebulae​ are very long, often of three and four hours duration and for some special objects, ten or twelve hours. These long exposures are attended with difficulties, many of which would disappear if the necessary light action could be secured in one or two hours...the negatives secured with shorter exposure would be of greater excellence and would show structure that is now lost to thinning due to difficulties of guiding [the telescope] during very long exposures."media/Perrine_copybook_295.jpgplain2016-06-08T13:37:06-07:0020160525121653+0000
