CN FORUMS ARCHIVE Telescope Reviews: At Last! The November DSLR Poll!

We are very pleased and proud to present the November 2006 entries in the DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Challenge. The poll will run for 7 days and close on November 20 at Midnight. The winner will be announced at our earliest opportunity after the poll has closed.

Here are November's entries!

Corn:

IC 405 'the flaming star' nebula

Date: 29-Oct-2006
Location: Uppsala/Sweden
Camera: modified Canon 300D
Mount: EQ6 Pro
Telescope: 8' F/5 Newt
Imaging: RGB (UHC): 14x600sec + 1x2175s /ISO800.

Kentari:

IC 405 'The Flaming Star' Nebula

Date: 21-Nov-2006
Location: Hove, Belgium
Camera: Canon EOS 20D (not modified)
Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
Filter: Hutech IDAS LPS Front Filter
Exposure: 30x 120s at ISO 800
Mount: Losmandy GM8

nighthound:

The Flaming Star with companion IC 410. Takahashi Sky 90 II/Losmandy G-11 • 20D(unmodified) • 1600 ISO • 18 x 3 min. subs • IDAS LP Filter • Stiletto for focus. Stacked in Images Plus, finished in PhotoshopCS

meisterman:

90 Minutes Canon 200mm L lens @ f/4.5 moded 20d. Flaming star IC410 and some other stuff.

tjensen:

Photographer: Tim Jensen
Location: Baton Rouge,LA
Camera: Modified Canon XT
Telescope: Orion ED80 piggybacked on 10'LX200GPS
Filter: Orion SkyGlow LPR
Exposures: 38x3min with dark, flat, bias applied

Sparky:

ten 3 minute and 30 second (total 10 minutes 30 seconds) stacked images at iso 400
tak 180ed
g11
stv guided
canon 20da

Fordracer1:

Details:
Date: 10/29/6-11/23/6
Location: Fordland, MO USA
Camera: unmodified Canon 300D
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Telescope: Orion 80mm ED APO + WO .8X FF/FR
Exposure: 64x600sec (10 hrs 40 min!) + Avg of 9 darks ISO800.

Cheyenne:

2x10min ISO400
Canon 20Da
Takahashi TOA 130 w/focal reducer
Losmandy G11 mount w/Gemini
ST-4 autoguider

Processed using GIMP

Congratulations and good luck to each entrant!

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Which Image is our Winner?
Users may choose only one (53 total votes)

Corn:

30 56%

Kentari:

0 0%

nighthound:

13 24%

meisterman:

4 07%

tjensen:

2 03%

Sparky:

1 01%

Fordracer1:

1 01%

Cheyenne:

2 03%