Echo
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Loc: So Cal
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Thanks to our special sponsor DIGITEC, we have a new competition this month. Please post your photos of Jupiter here.
Prizes are as follows:
1st place $300 gift certificate to Digitec
2nd place $150 gift certificate to Digitec
3rd place $75 gift certificat to Digitec
All photos must be original. Please include the following information:
Full Name
Town and Country where you reside
Date and Time of Photo
Equipment and Processing used
Good Luck everyone!
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Queen of GOTO
Life is short.... get a massage!
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Anonymous
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Hi!!
I would like to submit my Jupiter Home Movie for consideration in your Jupiter contest. I created this animation back in March. It is actually 17 images of Jupiter shown in succession. Please go to this webpage to watch the flick. You will find all ther pertinent info there.
http://home.comcast.net/~Astro-Geek/Spadows/SPadowsx.html
THANKS!!
Steve "AstroGeek" LaFlamme
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
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Paul Lennous
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Reged: 02/05/04
Posts: 225
Loc: Austin, TX
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Okay, I'll give it a shot.
Name: Paul Lennous
Location: Austin, TX
When: March 29, 2004 9:00 PM EST (March 25, 2004 0300 UT)
Equipment:
Celestron Super C8 Plus (circa 1980)
Antares 2X Barlow
Creative Labs Webcam Pro EX
Processing:
500 images taken with Astrosnap
Best 295 stacked and minimum processing with Registax
Image is correct view
Moon shadows are of Europa (left) and Io (right)
Enjoy.
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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Oldfield
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Loc: Hong Kong
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How many photographs can we submit? Sorry if it's not the right thread to ask question.
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: C5, Ranger, Borg 45ED II, SM40/BF10, Unistar Light, TG-SP II, LXD55, ToUCam Pro, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS, Pentax PCF III 10x50...
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chris go
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Posts: 1184
Loc: Cebu City, Philippines
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Here's one of my best Jupiter!
Date: April 14, 2004 11:47UT
Telescope: Celestron C8 mounted on an AP900GTO mount
Camera: Philips Toucam Pro Webcam
Location: Cebu City, Philippines
Imager: Christopher Go
The exposure time of these images was 1/25sec, Gamma at 0, Gain 5% and White Balance Auto, at 5fps with my telescope working at f/30. 608 uncompressed images were stacked with 1.5 Resampling in Registax. Final processing with Photoshop.
Edited by chris go (05/04/04 10:35 PM)
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Anonymous
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Hello all Here is my picture of jupiter Taken with a 9.25 Celestron and a Tocan Pro.. Their was high thin clouds when these pictures were taken ,,In the North East it has not been good at night... I procesed them with regiStax They might not be winners but it was the best I could do.. Thanks Joe  Location: Torrington CT
Edited by Joe Antoniak (05/05/04 11:43 AM)
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Anonymous
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This image of Jupiter, Io and Europa was taken Feb. 19, 2004 from Cedar Key, FL during the Cedar Key Star Party. Taken with an A/P 10" mak/cass @f30 and a Phillips ToUcam. 400 frames processed in Keith's Image Stacker and Adobe Photoshop. An animation of 25 minutes of rotation captured during this session can be seen here:
http://www.greatarrow.com/alan/ioanimation_med.gif
clear skies!
Alan Friedman
Buffalo, NY
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Anonymous
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I'll give it a try too! Here is my very first attempt with a webcam, took it on April 30 from Idaho Falls, Idaho, 22:00. I used a Toucam Pro with a Celestron 9.25 SCT, f20, about 1200 frames stacked with Registax. Transparency was good, but quite a bit of turbulence. I believe the moon is Europa.
Thanks.
Edited by idahoman (05/05/04 07:43 PM)
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Oldfield
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Loc: Hong Kong
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I don't have quality but I hope I can have quantity.
All taken with the instruments listed in the image, on a Giro alt-az tracking mount.
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: C5, Ranger, Borg 45ED II, SM40/BF10, Unistar Light, TG-SP II, LXD55, ToUCam Pro, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS, Pentax PCF III 10x50...
My observation log and ideas My General Blog
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apfevervictim
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Reged: 12/03/03
Posts: 407
Loc: Mobile, Al.
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This entry is just to show that you don't have to own a web-cam.... unless you want higher resolution pics!
Taken on 22Apr04 at 10:40 pm by Wade Knowles
from Mobile, Al. Best 17 frames of 73, taken with Orion XT10 Dob. and 7mm Univ. Optics HD. Sony DSC-V1, 800 iso, 1/60th shutter speed, at 4x optical zoom (f4.0). Images were stacked and processed with Registax2, background touched up with MS Paint.
Nudge, wait, click, nudge, wait, click, nudge, wait, click,... 
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Wade
XT10 newt, TMB130SS  , 5"f5 refractor, 5"mak,
TV102 w/Feathertouch(soon to be on Astromart), 20x80LW & 15x70 Ultra Obies', PST, I need help!
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Starstuffed
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Reged: 10/15/03
Posts: 101
Loc: Northwest United States
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Greetings,
My name is Martin R. Howell and I took this picture of Jupiter around 0500UT on May 2, 2004, in Lake Stevens, Washington with a disposable 35mm camera which was on sale for less than four dollars. I hand-held it up to a 9mm eyepiece on my 12.5 inch Meade Starfinder dobsonian and clicked a few exposures hoping that one or two would capture the planet. . .a real task when not using an SLR camera! The next morning, I rushed the camera to a local drugstore for one hour developing of its contents and had the results put on a Kodak Picture CD. Choosing the best image, I then adjusted it as best I could with the accompanying Kodak EasyShare software. The tiny dot (somewhat smaller than a period) in the North Temperate Zone (bottom of image as this is an inverted view) is the shadow of a moon either in, or near, transit. I humbly submit the photo into the contest.
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Anonymous
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Vincent Bert
Solana Beach, CA, USA
30 Mar 2004, 0400 UT, Toucam Pro
C8 with 3X Televue Barlow, Processed in Registax 2 and Photoshop Elements
Edited by Dino (05/06/04 09:34 PM)
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vesku
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Reged: 01/18/04
Posts: 257
Loc: Finland, 60N 26E
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Hi!
Outstanding images guys! I'll give it a shot too with my second (and the latest) image.
Vesa Kankare
Kotka, Finland
Taken at 30.04.2004
TAL-1 110mm f/7.3 Newton at f/22 (TAL 3x Barlow)
Orion SVP mount
Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000
183 1/5s exposures stacked in Registax, final processing in GIMP.
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Echo
Post Laureate
Reged: 09/29/03
Posts: 3320
Loc: So Cal
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Dino,
You need to add the required information for your photo to be accepted. Thanks!
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Queen of GOTO
Life is short.... get a massage!
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wes
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/13/03
Posts: 971
Loc: Oklahoma
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Hi,
Name: Wes Higgins
Date: March 31 2004 16:34 UT
Equipment: Starmaster 14.5 F/4.3,Televue 5x Powermate, Toucam Pro webcam
Capture: K3CCDTools, 10FPS, 50%Gain, 5% Gamma, 95% Saturation
Processing: 832 frames stacked in K3CCDTools, ImagesPlus,Photoshop 7
Location: Tecumseh Oklahoma USA
Thanks,
Wes
Edited by wes (05/07/04 06:12 PM)
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LT_Ng
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Reged: 12/07/03
Posts: 86
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Hi,
My name is william LT Ng from Hong Kong, and am new to this forum and would like to attend this competition.
Here is my entry.
Date & Time: April 30th, 2004 UT14:52
Telescope: home-made 12.5" F5 Newtonian + Powermate 5x
Camera: Philips ToUcam 740 pro
Exposure time: 1/25 s at 10 frames/second
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 5/10
No. of frame stacked: 622
Processing: Wavelets in Registax and final touch in Photoshop by stretching brightness/contrast, colour balance, level, unsharp mask & gaussian blur
Town & country: Hong Kong of China
Name of photographer: William LT Ng
Wish I could have a chance and hope you would enjoy my image.
Clear skies,
William LT Ng
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Oldfield
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Reged: 03/20/02
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Loc: Hong Kong
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Glad to see you here, Mr. LT Ng!
One more from me, c8 with 2x barlow.
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: C5, Ranger, Borg 45ED II, SM40/BF10, Unistar Light, TG-SP II, LXD55, ToUCam Pro, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS, Pentax PCF III 10x50...
My observation log and ideas My General Blog
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chris go
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Reged: 04/06/04
Posts: 1184
Loc: Cebu City, Philippines
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Here's one of my best Jupiter!
Date: May 4, 2004 12:17UT
Telescope: Celestron C8 mounted on an AP900GTO mount
Camera: Philips Toucam Pro Webcam
Location: Cebu City, Philippines
Imager: Christopher Go
The exposure time of these images was 1/25sec, Gamma at 0, Gain 5% and White Balance Auto, at 5fps with my telescope working at f/33. 600 uncompressed images were stacked with 1.5 Resampling in Registax. Final processing with Photoshop.
Please note little Io with hints of surface details!
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Anonymous
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Hi,
I would like to post an entry in the Jupiter Photo Contest.
Name: George Hall
Town and Country: Dallas, Tx. USA
Date and time of Photo: 27 Feb. 2004 6:40 UT
Equipment: 12" LX200GPS, 3x Televue Barlow, ToUcam.
Processing: Reistax select (1500), align, stack, wavelet processing, Photoshop: unsharp mask, bright/contrast.
Thanks,
George
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Anonymous
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This is my best jupiter in this season.
Full Name: Heiko Wilkens
Town and Country where you reside: Munich, Germany
Date and Time of Photo: 2004/04/26 21:00 UT
Equipment: 10" DK-Cassegrain, 2xBarlow used at 3x, TouCam 740pro
Processing: Giotto for stacking, PSP for final touch
Edited by HWilkens (05/08/04 10:18 AM)
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Anonymous
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Good shots everyone! No chance for me, but it's my turn now.
Photographer - Kuba Malecki, Poznan, POLAND
Date - 5 March 2004, 22.10 UT
Taken with a ETX 90/RA (MC 90/1250) with 2x Barlow lens (at F=2500mm and f/27,8). Stack of 600 ToUcam Pro frames. Seeing conditions: great, about 9/10.
Pic was aligned and "weveleted" in Registax 2, than resized (up to 150%) in Photoshop and there processed more (bluring, sharpening, color adjusting).
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Anonymous
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Hi all,
Here is my entry to the contest.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/damian.peach/pictures/planets/best/dp_best_all.jpg
Jupiter Images, March 1st, 2004. 2201, 2255, 2351 UTC.
D.A Peach. South Bucks, UK. (51N 0.5W.)
11" Schmidt Cassegrain at F/31.
ATK-1HS CCD in RAW mode.
LRGB images exposures:
Luminance (no filter) ~600 x 0.10 secs.
Seeing good (Pickering 6-8.)
Transparency 5.0mag with mist/haze.
No wind. Moderate dew.
Altitude above Horizion: 37-46 degrees.
Processed in Registax 2, PSP 5 and Photoshop.
Best Wishes to all,
Damian Peach.
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Anonymous
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Wow! Some really incredible pictures here. 
Here's my try at it -
Taken around 10:30pm May 5, 2004 from my surburban driveway in Cypress, Texas, USA. I used a Celestron Nexstar 8 and a SAC7B camera. 600 frames stacked with Registax.
Pete
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Oldfield
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Welcome Damian!
You managed to pack so MANY DETAIL within such a small image scale!
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: C5, Ranger, Borg 45ED II, SM40/BF10, Unistar Light, TG-SP II, LXD55, ToUCam Pro, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS, Pentax PCF III 10x50...
My observation log and ideas My General Blog
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gazerjim
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Reged: 02/12/04
Posts: 7704
Loc: About where I thought I was......
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Level of competition is downright awesome!
James Fisher
Austin, TX
Jupiter image, 4-23-04 UD, 03:50 UT
Celestron 9.25 at f/20, toucam II with NIR filter, captured in k3ccd, processed in Registax from 954 raw frames, 425 stacked frames,1.5 resample, wavelet processed.
Seeing: good
Jim Fisher
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Jim Fisher
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Henry J. Tillman
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Anonymous
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Hi Oldfield,
The image scale wasnt that small really - around 0.13" pixel.
Best Wishes,
Damian
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Anonymous
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Hello,
Here is my best jupiter this season:
http://planets.lamost.org/EJupiterFeb23_04_Two.htm
Image shoot on Feb.23rd
Equipments: 12.5" F6 Newtonian with Pegasus Optics. Televue 3x Barlow, ToUcam
Processed with registax and Photoshop.
Clear skies,
GY
http://planets.lamost.org
Gy, this post was over 1MB...60KB is the max...next time do an attachment.
Edited by Tom L (05/10/04 09:50 PM)
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Anonymous
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Bryan Shell
Colorado Springs, CO
Meade LX200GPS 10"
LPI min. quality 90%, 70 pics stacked
May 7th, at or around 9:30pm MST
Edited by Bryan1979 (05/11/04 01:37 AM)
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TOMars
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Reged: 02/14/04
Posts: 233
Loc: Lancaster, CA
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Put some money behind it and people come out of the woodwork. Mr. Peach, I think it a bit comical that it says "newbie" anywhere near your name, same goes for Gu Yu. Anyhow, heres my attempt with my economy gear.
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Tom Varden
Lancaster, CA
http://labmonkeyonline.com/astrophotography_by_tom_varden.htm
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rydberg
sage
Reged: 02/25/04
Posts: 326
Loc: Richmond, KY, USA
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Well, I had to jump in here too. Yesterday I installed the latest version of my webcam software (logiteck quickcam pro 4000), and that seems to have fixed some problems. What you see is my first image of Jupiter with my new Orion Apex 127mm on an astroview mount.
Marco Ciocca
Richmond, KY.
Apex 127mm Mak
2xbarlow (f/24 approx)
quickcam pro 4000
frames captured with k3ccdtools
stacked and wavelet-ed with registax 2
200 frames out of 250
good seeing
warm night
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Oberwerk 11x56
pentax PCF WP II 20x60
Garrett Optical 20x80 IF Gemini
8" LX90 f/10
Vixen ed80sf, Orion 80mm f/11 guidescope
Lxd55, Atlas eq-g
Celestron NexImage
Orion Deep Space Starshoot as a imager
Meade DSI pro as a guider.
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Anonymous
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Hello Tom,
AFter thinking about your comments and looking at all the entries the way this contest has been set-up is flawed.
The huge variance in quality and intrumentation used makes judging this contest fairly to everyone just impossible (and this comes from someone who views thousands of Jupiter images each apparition.)
This contest should have been set-up with two categroies, for beginner and advanced levels of observer, as to be fairer to everyone entering. I would be interested to hear the views of the web page managers/others on these points.
In all honesty, i think Myself and Gu Yu should perhaps respectfully withdraw our entries from this contest as it stands at present.
Best Wishes,
Damian
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Anonymous
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Hello Damian,
I completely agree with you! Also I like to complain about the rule for limiting image size under 60k. I noticed Mr. Peach and my image has been reduced to a much smaller scale. I understand there are peoples with slow internet connections. But as an image contest, everybody should post the best quality possible. Otherwise it will become an image compression contest.
Clear Skies,
GY
http://planets.lamost.org
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Echo
Post Laureate
Reged: 09/29/03
Posts: 3320
Loc: So Cal
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You may post a link to a larger image if you feel that 60k does not do your photo justice. This competition was generously sponsored by Digitec with three prizes and is for all levels of photographers.
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Queen of GOTO
Life is short.... get a massage!
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Stacy
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/15/02
Posts: 2076
Loc: The Great Northwest
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Hi,
The equipment Damian and Yu Gu obtained their images with fall well within the amateur arena. The quality images they obtain are a result of their skill and level of commitment. I welcome the opportunity to see the possibilities and hope these individuals (and others who are submitting excellent work) stick around and share their techniques, images and comments.
Here is my effort:
Stacy Brewer
4/24/2004 From Woodinville WA, USA
Mini DV Camcorder
11" SCT, 15mm Plossl.
Processed in Registax2 and PhotoShop
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NS11-GPS-XLT, XT-8, 120ST, AEX-10X50
www.darksky.org
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
- HG Wells
Edited by Stacy (05/11/04 03:34 PM)
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