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Pages: 1 knuklhdastnmr Fumble feet Reged: 02/24/05 Posts: 6330 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions       #2021153 - 12/01/07 11:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post your image of NGC 2264 the Christmas Tree/Cone Nebula here. Post any comments on these images in the Rules and Comments Thread December '07 Rules and Comments -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Obession 18 Classic named "Ed" Observing Reports by Knuk Post Extras:       ericjacob613 Photon Hog Reged: 05/25/07 Posts: 5177 Loc: Santa Barbara CA Re: December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2060683 - 12/19/07 02:48 AM Attachment (88 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well dang, I'll go first. I have very light polluted skies, and humidity in the 80% range lately. Taken with a Celestron C102 spotting scope (500mm f/5). CG5 mount, unguided. Unmodded Canon XTI. TC80N3 timer. Orion broadband LPR filter. 77 frames, 2 minutes each at ISO 1600. Darks applied and stacked in Nebulosity. Final processing in Photoshop CS. -------------------- Y'all look at my flikr stuff: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42129623@N04/ Canon XTI with 100,000 clicks on it, cheap Asian glass. Post Extras:       jgw12936 Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/28/07 Posts: 1023 Loc: The Woodlands, TX Re: December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions [Re: ericjacob613]       #2061880 - 12/19/07 05:41 PM Attachment (84 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is another: Taken with a Tak FS102 with a focal reducer and a LPS filter CG5 mount guided with PhD through a TV Pronto Canon Rebel XT Modified 22 X 3 minute exposures (66min), ISO 800, converted, aligned and stacked in images plus, processed in CS3 -------------------- Jim FSQ 106EDXII Mach1GTO ML 11002 with Astrodon filters http://jimwood.smugmug.com/ Edited by jgw12936 (12/21/07 02:51 PM) Post Extras:       jcham21 sage Reged: 12/02/07 Posts: 394 Loc: Logan, Utah Re: December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions [Re: jgw12936]       #2077494 - 12/27/07 04:10 PM Attachment (54 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Theriot, Louisiana December 16, 2007 Takahashi FS-60c Sky 90 Focal Reducer Celestron C8 Fork Mount unguided Canon XTi Unmodified 240 X 30 second exposures (2 hours total) ISO 1600 30 Dark Frames Processed with MaxDSLR and CS3 Edited by knuklhdastnmr (01/02/08 09:31 AM) Post Extras:       Jeff J. scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 01/16/06 Posts: 1127 Loc: Las Cruces, NM Re: December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions [Re: jcham21]       #2084689 - 12/30/07 11:43 PM Attachment (64 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   NGC 2264 (Detail in the Cone Nebula area) 29 December 2007 Las Cruces, NM USA General comment: I got this last night...this target was a lot tougher than I thought! Celestron 8" SCT CF XLT @ F6.3 Takahashi EM200 Temma II SXV-H9C (unguided) 21x4min, 43x2min (2.8 hours total) Captured, LRGB extracted/aligned/calibrated AstroArt3. Processed AstroArt3, PS7. Jeff -------------------- Tak TOA-130F Tak FS-60C Tak EM200 Temma II QSI 540wsg http://jeffjastro.com Post Extras:       knuklhdastnmr Fumble feet Reged: 02/24/05 Posts: 6330 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado Re: December '07 DSO Challenge Submissions [Re: Jeff J.]       #2086737 - 01/01/08 12:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are now closed. Happy New Year!!! -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Obession 18 Classic named "Ed" Observing Reports by Knuk Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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