[BAA Comets] BAA comet image archive

[Nick James]

Hi Padma,

I think we are OK with scanning old prints but there is a fairly large 
set of large-format films and plates which are difficult or impossible 
to scan on conventional scanners. We are thinking about how we deal with 
those and any help or suggestions in that area would be welcome.

Nick.


On 30/10/2019 14:44, Padma Yanamandra-Fisher wrote:
> Thanks, Nick and Martin! Is there some help/partnership we can do to help
> complete this noteworthy project?
> 
> Thanks,
> Padma
> 
> On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, Ronan Newman <ronan.newman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Very nice Nick
>>
>> On Wed 30 Oct 2019, 08:52 Nick James, <ndj at nickdjames.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Martin Mobberley has been doing a fantastic job of scanning the section
>>> print archive. There are boxes and boxes of photographic prints in our
>>> archive, some of which have not seen the light of day for 60 years or
>>> more, and which we are gradually placing on the web.
>>>
>>> One comet with particularly good coverage so far is 1956r1 Arend-Roland.
>>> Have a look at the great set of shots here:
>>>
>>> http://www.britastro.org/cometobs/1956r1/thumbnails.html
>>>
>>> You might need to refresh the page if you have been there recently.
>>> Those were the days when comet photography, even of bright comets, was
>>> very challenging and the results from 1957 are pretty amazing.
>>>
>>> My thanks to Martin for doing this job for us. There are many more old
>>> prints left to do but plenty have been scanned already. It's worth a
>>> search around the archive to find them.
>>>
>>> Nick James, Director.
>>>
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