From: "Milton Aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: August 21, 2006 4:52:40 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: M16 Eagle - After and Before Image


Hi Folks;


I managed to (barely) capture M16 from smokey Calgary on August 19th.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/DSO/M16_20060819_MJA.jpg


The Before shot at the bottom is what I'm currently putting up with

due to smoke with light pollution and it was a real struggle to pull

anything out of the raw images.


We are currently (according to the Clear Sky Clock and weather

forecasts) in perfectly clear very transparent skies - except the

#@$%^%$^ opaque reddish smoke blanketing Southern BC, Alberta and

Saskatchewan from the forest fires


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/Analysis/HMS/currenthms.jpg


raging in Washington. Last night I could barely make out Altair

visually and today it's even worse.


Hope someone is getting clear skies..


Milton Aupperle