Charlie Hein
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Welcome to the July 2007 Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest poll!
Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives the coveted Cloudy Nights t-shirt! At the conclusion of the poll, the entry with the highest total will be the winner of the contest..
Please choose your favorite out of all the images. This poll will remain open through Wednesday, August 15th at midnight EST.
Here are the entries for July!
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bird:
Jupiter from my home at Murrumbateman, Australia. July 25 2007, 1139UTC
Scope details:
13.1" f/5.5 newtonian, 5x powermate plus extension tubes for effective focal length approx 14.3m. Camera was Dragonfly Express from Point Grey Research, firewire800 monochrome.
60 seconds per channel in R,G,B @ 42 fps, captured using Coriander for Linux
and processed under Linux and Windows.
regards, Bird
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Zyxlor:
M16
Ha 300x8 - RGB 180x20
I used the LX200 with .63 reducer and the ST-10.
Aquired with Maxim DL, image matching in RegiStar, processed in PSCS3.
Film Astrophotography's Finalist - Nightfly:
Northeastern Cygnus:
Taken June 16, 2007
Pentax 67 with 165mm f/2.8 @ f/4
20 Minutes Exposure 12:31-12:51 A.M. EDT
120 Format E200, No push.
Scanned on an Epson 4490 Flatbed
Processed with Adobe PS Elements
Piggybacked on a Meade 2080, manually guided
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Mike B.
M20 - The Trifid Nebula
Location: Maurice, LA
Date: July 7th, 2007 (07/07/07)
Telescope: Meade 8" f/4 Schmidt-Newtonian
Camera: Hutech Modified Canon 350XT
Mount: Atlas EQ-G w/EQASCOM
Guiding: 102mm F/5 Achro, 2x Barlow, DSI-c, PHD Guiding
Exposures: 18 x 180 sec @ ISO 800
Processing: IRIS, PS, Gradient XTerminator & Noel Carboni's AstroTools
Click the image or click here for an enlargement.
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - hess:
NGC4565
19.05.2007
10 Zoll f4,8 Newton
Atik 16HR
Luminanz 25x2min, 9x3min, 4x5min 1x1bin
R/G/B - 8 x 123/167/249 sec. 2x2bin
Sketching Forum's Finalist - SGT500:
Messier 27
Meade 16" Lightbridge
Televue Nagler 17mm T4
Orion Ultrablock
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bird:
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Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Zyxlor:
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Film Astrophotography's Finalist - Nightfly:
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DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Mike B.:
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CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - hess:
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Sketching Forum's Finalist - SGT500:
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iblis
admirer of the sky
Reged: 07/12/06
Posts: 2242
Loc: Germany
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wow, what a Jupiter !
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The Universe is not only queerer than we imagine; it is queerer than we CAN imagine.
(Haldane)
and here I observe that universe
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Akarsh Simha
member
Reged: 03/27/07
Posts: 61
Loc: Bangalore, India
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As usual, I found it very difficult to decide the best! Congratulations!  to all of you.
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Regards,
Akarsh
http://bas.org.in
8" f/8 Equatorial
17.5" Discovery Dob in the making...
Nikon FM10 Camera
Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens
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Davey
sage
Reged: 05/31/07
Posts: 250
Loc: Arkansas
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It's hard to choose only one...
Great work guys; they all show impressive dedication and talent. They're all winners to me. (o:
Good seeing,
Davey
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Kenneth
Seeing in the Dark Moviestar
Reged: 09/15/05
Posts: 4
Loc: 37 45 N 122 25 W
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Might I suggest two contests: one imaging, the other sketching
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alun55
newbie
Reged: 07/16/07
Posts: 3
Loc: Les Gets: France
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So difficult to choose a winner. They just took my breath away!
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poweruser
member
Reged: 06/27/07
Posts: 97
Loc: The Final Frontier
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Jupiter and M20 look fantastic, but I have überrespect for the film guys. Plus, the star density in that pic is just fantastic.
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Orion 127mm Mak
EQ-3
Astro-Tech 1.25" Dielectric Diagonal
7mm, 9mm, 12.5mm UO Abbe
25mm Sirius Plössl
Edited by poweruser (08/13/07 02:23 PM)
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Astrolupa
member
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 82
Loc: Algarve, Portugal
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I've decided not to vote! Can't make my mind out! 
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Best Regards,
Nelson Viegas
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guydickinson
journeyman
Reged: 02/17/06
Posts: 5
Loc: Dorset. UK.
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All brilliant. Might as well use a pin to decide!
Guy
UK
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johndouk
member
Reged: 08/24/06
Posts: 24
Loc: Athens, Greece
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Jupiter is unique !
NGC4565 as well is amazing !
I am swinging between those two...
Anyway, all are fantastic images !
Congratulations to all finalists !!! 
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John
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Trapper
newbie
Reged: 07/15/07
Posts: 3
Loc: Michigan
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All pics are fantastic!
Your all winners in my book. I almost feel guilty choosing one over another Can't we just declare them all winners and call it a day? 
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hobostar
journeyman
Reged: 08/11/07
Posts: 5
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top notch......every one.
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john D
All you have to do is ask!!
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 4646
Loc: Midlothian, VA
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very very nice job to everyone!!
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Meade ETX-125EC
Meade LXD55 mount
Celestron 60mm NS GOTO Refractor(4SALE look in S&S)
Philips SPC900NC webcam
MY BLOG
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boogie
member
Reged: 04/30/07
Posts: 66
Loc: Israel
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a big WOW to all !!!
Great work
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"It's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelegeuse about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was little."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen!"
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riggie
newbie
Reged: 03/24/07
Posts: 1
Loc: Newcastle... England
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All photo's are excellent but NGC4565 by Hess looks amazing.
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lagwagon555
journeyman
Reged: 04/05/07
Posts: 9
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The amount of detail in NGC4565... man thats unreal
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Jenta
member
Reged: 12/04/06
Posts: 31
Loc: Northeast Ohio
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I'm so impressed with everyone's talent! I'm also very jealous. (I say that alot around here.)
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Jenta
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migo
newbie
Reged: 07/27/07
Posts: 1
Loc: Trois-Rivières
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I'm also impressed...so NGC4565 has my vote but you have all beautiful images
Migo
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rcg
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/27/05
Posts: 1407
Loc: Saint Charles, Missouri
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I'll second the two award route one for imaging and one for sketching. But even at that hard to decide.
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Bob G.
8" F/6 Achromat home assembled on home made AltAz w/Pearl Nighthawk finder; currently parting out since return shipping fees for bad APM 8" Achro lenses are killing me  who would have thought you wouldn't get reimbursed for return shipping for optical junk? Live and learn!
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WadeVC
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/05
Posts: 2668
Loc: Lodi, California,
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I don't know about the rest of you, but the descisions are becoming harder and harder to decide upon. I thought this round of voting was extremely difficult given that all the entries were quite excellent!
Good luck to all!!
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Orion XTi10 f/4.7
Meade NGC 70mm f/10
Orion UltraView 10x50 Wide-Angle Binoculars
My Sketch Gallery
My Astronomy Blog
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
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PhilG
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 1087
Loc: Denver, CO - USA
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They're all great once again but either Jupiter or NGC4565 will be getitng my vote.
Phil
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 1776
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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I am amazazed by your Jupiter You southern guys get all the luck! All of the shots are incredible and I am going to ponder this for a few minutes... Caveman
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Clint&Debbie Whitman for our scopes check the site Flammarion 1880
"If they knew what profound inner pleasure await those who gaze at the heavens, then France, nay, the whole of Europe, would be covered with telescopes instead of bayonets, thereby promoting universal happiness and peace."
http://www.clintsong.com/ClintStars.html
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gripweed44
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/12/05
Posts: 902
Loc: PDX
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They are all winners to me
John
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John
Omega Centauri is the finest Globular I have seen with my own eyes.
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Chris Waring
sage
Reged: 04/04/07
Posts: 499
Loc: UK
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They are all so good it's hard to choose, no single picture jumps out as a winner.
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Chris
Coronado Solarmax 60
Coronado PST Double Stacked.
Coronado 10x25 Binomite
100 X 25 Binoculars.
12"LX 90 Gps.
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Tom yates
member
Reged: 03/28/07
Posts: 40
Loc: United Kingdom
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Stunning images all are superb
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Astro physics 178 Refractor Intes micro mak newt 8"
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Artom
stranger
Reged: 07/15/07
Posts: 2
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The remarkable images!
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Mike WDF
member
Reged: 10/26/05
Posts: 24
Loc: Missouri- USA
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I think on this one there should be a box that says all of the above!
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Charlie Hein
Postmaster
Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 6428
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Hi Folks - Each month a number of you comment that you would like to see a separate contest for sketching. It is my pleasure to inform you that we do in fact have "semi-finals" contests in each of the forums represented above in order to come up with a "best of the best" finals, which is the contest you are voting on now.
You are cordially invited to take part in the "semi-finals" voting. These polls are placed as close to the 1st of the month as we can and run until the 8th of the month, each and every month, in all of the forums represented above. Stop on by and vote to determine whose work makes it here!
Charlie
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star toucher
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Reged: 12/16/06
Posts: 20
Loc: Eolia, Missouri
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Give a Cloudy Nights t-shirt to all. This is really hard. I do agree that sketching and imaging should be 2 separate categories...
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Dark, Steady, Transparent Skies...
StarToucher
Celestron C-8
Celestron 80mm ST
Orion XT-10
Burgess 20x100 Binocs
Burgess Parallelogram Mount
Starmaster 14.5 DOB
ScopeBuggy
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clipsham
newbie
Reged: 07/04/07
Posts: 1
Loc: dorset ,UK
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They are all brillant only wish my efforts were half as good
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Mizar
sage
Reged: 07/06/05
Posts: 267
Loc: NE Illinois, U.S.
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Well done all. I think that we all would like to vote for everyone of these. Congrats to all.
bill
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Colman
newbie
Reged: 09/30/05
Posts: 1
Loc: Spain
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Wish I could do any one of them. All of them really exquisite.But I!m a Galaxy guy.
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Michael137
journeyman
Reged: 08/08/07
Posts: 6
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I voted for ccd, that pic came out great over a very long time exposure. But, actually they are all winners and it should be a 5 way tie.
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 20108
Loc: Ohio, USA
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