Charlie Hein
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July 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - weatherandsky's image of NGC6888, The Crescent Nebula!

Name: Kerry LH Location: Ontario, Canada Object: NGC6888 Date: July 27, 2008 Scope: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm, WO Type II 0.8 FF Filters: Astronomik CLS clip filter Mount: CG5-GT (ASGT) Guiding: C6 SCT @ f10, DSI-C, PHD Guiding Camera: Canon 40D (unmodded) Exposure: 24x5min, ISO 800 with flats Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, processing in PS, Noels Actions
Larger/less compressed version: http://www.weatherandsky.com/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1746&g2_imageViewsIndex=2
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August 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - RStar's image of IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula!!

My Cocoon Nebula, wide field.
Taken over 3 nights, 8/1 8/2 and 8/8 Scope: ED80 and WO FlatII 0.8 FF/FR Mount: CGE ST-4 guided through a WO66 APO Camera: Modified Canon 350XT and Baader UHC-S filter Exposure: 50*480 second 800 iso sub exposures 30 dark/flat/bias frames Processing: ImagesPlus, PS CS Seeing average, transparency above average
Larger version http://www.pbase.com/bobstarzynski/image/101773839/original
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Charlie Hein
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September 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - weatherandsky's's image of NGC 7331!
Name: Kerry LH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Object: NGC7331
Date: September 24, 2008
Scope: C6 SCT @ f6.3 (945 mm fl)
Filters: None
Mount: CG5-GT (ASGT)
Guiding: Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm, DSI-C, PHD Guiding
Camera: Canon 40D (unmodded)
Exposure: 56x5min, ISO 800 with darks and flats applied
Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, processing in PS
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Charlie Hein
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October 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - HrAstro's image of NGC 281 - the Pacman Nebula!

Picture taken on October 5th, 2008. Location: Petrova gora, Croatia, Europe Skywatcher ED80 @ f/7.5, Canon EOS 300D 16x480sec @ ISO800 Guiding with Maksutov 90/1250 + QHY5 guiding camera (PHD Guiding) Mount: EQ6 Vis upgreded to EQ6 SynScan Processing software: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight 1.0LE, Photoshop CS3
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November 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - Tomvictor's image of IC 1848 (the Soul Nebula)!

Hi all, here is my Soul. For this picture I used a Ha-filter in some exposures to enhance contrast and pick up more of the nebula.
Optics and mount: Takahashi FSQ106ED f/3.6 on Takahashi Em-200 Camera: Baader Canon 350D. Guided with MiniBorg 60ED and DSI pro II. Exposures: 27 x 300 sec. + 11 x 600 sec. with Ha-filter. Both in ISO800 Software: DSLR focus, Maxim DL (Guiding), Photoshop CS2. Date: 05.11 and 16.11.2008
You can see a higher resolution version here.
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December 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - Strgazr27's image of Bernard's Loop!
Canon Self Modded 40D and 70-200L F/4 IS with IS off
54 X 300 sec ISO 800
Darks, Flats and Bias applied
Calibrated in Images Plus V 3
Stacked in Registar
NoiseNinja, GradX and PSCS2
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Charlie Hein
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January 2008 DSLR Challenge Winner - David Rosenthal's image of IC410!
Self-Modified 400D,WO 66SD + WO 0.8X FR/FF Type II
SVP Mount guided with ED80, DSI Pro I and PHD
18 240 second ISO 800 exposures through an Astronimik CLS and Baader UV-IR Cut filters
Calibrated [30B|30D|30F] and Sigma Clip Stacked in MaxIm DL 5
Processed in PSCS3 with GXT and Noel Carboni's Actions
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Charlie Hein
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February 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - RStar's image of NGC 2174!

NGC 2174 in Orion Taken from Hillsborough NJ over 2 nights, 2/13/2009 and 2/15/2009
TeleVue NP 101 and NPR-1073 reducer F/4.3 Celestron CGE mount Hap modified Canon XT and IDAS-P2 LPR 80*180 second 800 iso subs 30 dark/30 flat/30 bias Raw conversion and calibration in ImagesPlus Post processing in PS CS, Noel Carboni Astronomy Tools, GradienTXterminator
Higher resolution version
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March 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - urke's image of The Leo Trio : M65, M66 and NGC3628!

Here's my Leo Tiplet:
Scope: -Orion Optics UK Europa 203 f/4.5 De Luxe 1/8PV + Baader MPCC Mount: -HEQ5 SynScan PRO Camera: -Canon EOS 350D (Baader UV/IR mod) Autoguiding: -finder & QHY5 mono Software used: MaximDL, CDC3, Guidemaster, DSLRFocus
Lights: 28 × 300sec = 140min, ISO800, f/4.5 @ 900mm Processed in Iris (darks, flats, stack), post processed in Photoshop
Location: Strihovec, Slovenia on 21. march 2009
Orientation on image: North is Left
Larger version
Uros Gorjanc
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April 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - Heine DK's image of spiral galaxy M106 in Canes Venatici!

M106
Here a slightly larger version: M106 larger version
Data:
Date: April 20, 2009. Exposure: 5 frames of 15 minutes ISO 800 Camera: Unmodded Nikon D700 Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 254 with Baader MPCC Mount: Eq6Pro Guiding: Skywatcher Startravel 80, Orion SSAG, PHD Stacking and processing: DeepSky Stacker, Photo Shop CS4.
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May 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - Mike Clemens's image of M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy!

M101,
70x5 mins 2x2 ISO800 10x10 mins 1x1 ISO1600
Scope = TEC200ED f/9 refractor Mount = Astro-Physics = AP1200 GTO Camera = EOS 40D
Captured in mediocre conditions but this object passes about 82 degrees overhead at this latitude.
Captured with Nebulosity-2. Split into R,G,B channels and drizzle combined per color at x2 res in Nebulosity, noise reduced individually per color in Photoshop/Noise Ninja, combined and finished in Photoshop.
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Charlie Hein
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June 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - moladso's image of Messier Object Number 52!
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Scope: Meade 6" f/5 Reflector Optics: Baader MPCC coma corrector, IDAS LPS Camera: Canon 350D modified (no IR cut filter) Mount: Vixen GPD2 with Meade Autostar motors, guided with 60/350 scope, K3ccdtools and Meade DSI Pro. Exposures: 4x600sec, 400ISO. 17ēC Darks, flats and offsets applied. Taken from: Soria - Spain
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Charlie Hein
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August 2009 DSLR Challenge Winner - Vid Nikolic's image of The "Elephant Trunk" Nebula (IC 1396)!

Scope: WO 110 FLT + TMB flattener Mount: CGE Camera: Canon 350 D modified 18 x 360 s , darks,flats Iris, Photoshop
Vid Nikolic Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
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