[AstroNet] Fw: astrophotography trip to south africa?

[Case Rijsdijk]

Can anyone help with this?

Case

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucas Ferreira" <info at lucastronomy.co.za>
To: "'Case Rijsdijk'" <particles at mweb.co.za>; "'Willie Koorts'" 
<wpk at saao.ac.za>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:47 PM
Subject: FW: astrophotography trip to south africa?


> Hi Case / Willie
>
> Please have a look at the e-mail below and assist if possible.
>
> I would not have minded assisting him, but the chances of his trip to 
> George
> being overcast the whole time is almost 100%.
>
> Your assistance is appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Lucas Ferreira
> Cell: +27 83 3764 910
> Fax 2 E-Mail: 0865 134 768
> Mailto: Info at lucastronomy.co.za
> Website: www.Lucastronomy.co.za
>> Sky-Watcher & Celestron Dealer S.A
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>> Director ASSA Double Star Section
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor Paglen [mailto:tpaglen at berkeley.edu]
> Sent: 13 January 2010 09:36 PM
> To: info at lucastronomy.co.za
> Subject: astrophotography trip to south africa?
>
> Hello Lucas,
>
> My name is Trevor Paglen and I am a professional artist and photographer. 
> I
> got your name and contact from a list of amateur observatories in South
> Africa and had a look at your fantastic website. I'm writing because I am
> hoping you can help me figure out a place where I might be able to do an
> astrophotography project in South Africa. I am looking for a place where I
> can rent a telescope and mount and a place to stay under reasonably clear
> skies for about a week in early February.
>
> I have been commissioned to do a series of photos of "space debris" in 
> Earth
> orbit. I have a lot of experience doing astrophotography and shooting
> peculiar things in the night sky. I would like to do this project in South
> Africa, mostly because I have never photographed the southern sky and have 
> a
> small grant that can fund the trip.
>
> To do this project, I am looking to find a place where I can rent a room 
> and
> have nightly access to a telescope with a GOTO-type mount and autoguiding
> capabilities (this comes standard on most modern amateur mounts). I have 
> my
> own astrophotography and auto-guiding equipment, so I just need access to 
> a
> telescope and a GOTO mount.
>
> I am looking to come to South Africa from about February 8th until about
> February 7 until about February 15th.
>
> If you have any ideas about who I might contact about trying to do this
> project, or if you yourself could somehow provide me with this, I would 
> very
> much appreciate talking more about this, and beginning to talk about 
> things
> like price and equipment specifics.
>
> Thank you so much for your time and help.
>
>
> Trevor Paglen
> Researcher, Department of Geography
> University of California at Berkeley
> 507 McCone Hall #4740
> Berkeley, CA 94720
> (510) 520-2208
> www.paglen.com
>
>
>
>


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