Charlie Hein
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Welcome to the November 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 November 15th at midnight EST.
Here are the entries for November!
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Glassthrower:
It was captured on October 20th, 2007 - 10:20pm CST, from Houma Louisiana. Other information regarding the equipment used is captioned in the photo.
Film Imaging's Finalist - AstroBobo:
Cygnus, three exposures, 2x25 min on Fuji Provia 400 + 1x50 min on Kodak E200. Medium format camera Pentax 6x7, Pentax Takumar 150mm lens @ f/5.6. Taken from Petrova Gora, Croatia.
Higher resolution and quality version is here
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - soreneck:
NGC2244 / The Rosette Nebula
Capture date: November 3
Scope: Equinox 80mm Apo @ f5 (0.8X WO flattener)
Mount: HEQ5 unguided
Camera: Modified Canon 350, ISO800, IDAS LPS P2 filter
Exposure: 60 minutes, 30x120sec lights, 12 darks, 10 flats
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
Larger version can be found here .
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Jared:
M42--The Orion Nebula
Jared Willson
November 23, 2007, Oakland, CA
Losmandy GM-8 Mount; FLT-110 APO @ f/6.5 (TEC); SBIG STL-11000; FLT field flattener; Astrodon LRG&B TrueBalance "I" filters
x3 three minute exposures luminance; x3 thirty second exposures luminance; x1 three minute exposure for each of RG&B
Internally guided and captured in Equinox Image; Calibration, error rejection, DDP, and color combine in MaximDL; Post processing in Photoshop CS2
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bart Declercq:
Mosaic of Moretus/Clavius region - October 31st 2007 3h00 UT
Each of the 6 frames is a stack of 256/2500 frames at 1/30s exposure per frame.
Camera: DMK31AF
Telescope: Celestron C9.25
2x barlow extended to an effective x2.7 (so FL approx. 6.4m)
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Jeremy Perez:
Subject: Comet 17P / Holmes
Date/Time: November 7, 2007, 9:00 - 11:30 PM MST (November 8, 2007, 04:00 - 06:00 UT)
Observing Loc: Flagstaff, AZ - Home
Instrument: Orion XT8 (203 mm dia./1200 mm F/L)
Eyepieces: 32 mm Sirius Plössl (38X / 66 arc minute TFOV)
Conditions: Calm, intermittent high cirrus
Seeing: 4/10 Pickering
Transparency: Mag 6.0 NELM
As the comet has gotten larger, the outer envelope has become much less distinct. It shows up as a faint brightening near the inner envelope that fades imperceptibly into the background. The inner envelope has almost outgrown my 24 arc-minute wide 120X view. To the naked eye, it is a large, soft spot in Perseus. The binocular view is getting better as it moves closer to the Alpha Persei association and they fit in the field more comfortably.
Through both binoculars and low power telescopic views, the comet is a bluish green color. The pseudo nucleus is much less distinct, but still visible even at 38X. The inner envelope is now soft enough on the southeast side that this half displays a sort of blinking effect between direct and averted vision. The jellyfish appearance is still there, but now I can also see an ancient trilobite in the shape of the comet. The lumpy irregularities in the central condensation seem more spread out now, and had what looked like a cartoon saguaro cactus arrangement. At 38X, I noticed a bright extension flowing away from the axis of the central condensation, well outside of the soft inner envelope. Some softer fan-like extensions also seemed to peel away from the southeast and northwest sides of the inner envelope.
The sketch was created on Strathmore sketch paper, in a 3.5" sketch circle, using charcoal and graphite (2H & HB) with a chamois, blending stump and kneaded eraser. The sketch was scanned, inverted, adjusted for contrast, dust and scratches cleaned up with the clone tool, and uneven portions adjusted with dodge and burn tools. Color was added last.
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Glassthrower:
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Film Imaging's Finalist - AstroBobo:
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DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - soreneck:
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CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Jared:
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Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bart Declercq:
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Sketching Forum's Finalist - Jeremy Perez:
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AstroBobo
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I am not worthy! The Clavius region and Holmes sketch are AMAZING! I had a hard time choosing, but my vote goes to the sketch master!
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Boris Stromar : AD Infinitum member : Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
P75SDHF : P105SDP : MN71 : CGE : STL-11000
http://www.astrobobo.net
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CreationAstroGuy
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Loc: NW WA
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Mine went to Bart. Amazing!
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Ryan Nelson
8" LX90 GPS UHTC
DSI with a 3.3 reducer
Eyepieces; 22mm Nagler, 16mm Meade Seires 5000, 26mm Meade Seires 4000, and a 9mm Burgess/TMB planitary!
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Dick Lipke
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That view of the moon made me feel as if I was about to full fill my dreams,I was about to
finaly land and walk on the moon.
Thank you Bart Declercq.
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poweruser
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Although I'm not terribly experienced, I can say with total confidence that the Bart's shot is the sharpest I've seen by an amateur, of the moon.
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Astro-Tech 1.25" Dielectric Diagonal
7mm, 9mm, 12.5mm UO Abbe
25mm Sirius Plössl
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Roy M.
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Loc: Northern Virginia
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Well, this is the first time the decision has been easy, OMG! Bart Declercq's moon is the sharpest moon I have ever seen from earth, HANDS DOWN!!! It looks like a snapshot from an orbiting Command Module, even sharper 
WTFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Celestron C10-N GT + GPS
CG-5 (not for long)
Nikon D200 DSLR
Televue EPs: 3.5mm Nagler, 2x, 3x Barlows
Meade DSI Pro, ToUCam Pro II
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Roy M.
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Loc: Northern Virginia
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PS - I'm sold!!! Man, been hearing rave reviews about the C9.25 for years, but this pic has left me in awe. Of course is 90% the astrophotographer, but at least it shows the potential
Truly Amazing.
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Televue NP-101is
Celestron C10-N GT + GPS
CG-5 (not for long)
Nikon D200 DSLR
Televue EPs: 3.5mm Nagler, 2x, 3x Barlows
Meade DSI Pro, ToUCam Pro II
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Glassthrower
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I took a look at my competition in the contest, and it's very humbling! 
All of the photos are professional quality and Jeremy's sketches are always top-notch. I don't feel worthy of being in the poll to be honest.
Great work folks. It's very inspiring and makes me want to try my hand at more imaging. 
Regards and clear skies,
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Trinitite.
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Roy M.
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Loc: Northern Virginia
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Mike, I love the target area and phase you chose, I just think none of us stood a chance against Bart's offering this month CYgnus, Rossetta, Orion and sketch (love the sketch!) are awesome pics in their own right... IMHO Bart just pushed the amateur envelope
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Televue NP-101is
Celestron C10-N GT + GPS
CG-5 (not for long)
Nikon D200 DSLR
Televue EPs: 3.5mm Nagler, 2x, 3x Barlows
Meade DSI Pro, ToUCam Pro II
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Glassthrower
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Roy, I look back through old Sky and Telescope magazines from the 1950's when astrophotography was done with plate cameras and darkrooms, and I am amazed at how far amateur imaging has come since then. We regularly see results here on CN, taken from suburban backyards, that clearly beat the "professional" and observatory photos from the old days. Bart's shot looks like it was taken on Mt. Wilson - on a good night. And Jeremy's sketches often look photographic - him and Kraterkid are in an elite league of sketching.
I never used to visit the imaging forums until I started lurking recently - to learn more about afocal imaging. Now I am getting hooked on all the great eye candy around here.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Trinitite.
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Jared
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Don't be so sure that Bart is going to win this one! It looks to me like he may have clipped the black point in the upper right and lower left corners...
Seriously, that is one detailed image!
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- Jared Willson
- TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
- Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
- Stellarvue SV80S
- Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
- Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
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hypernova
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I am wowed by these entries. "Solar Systems Finest" Looks like an apollo Photo. Nice job guys
Edited by hypernova (12/13/07 08:15 PM)
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w orchid
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I am beginning to hate the contest. All of the entries are worthy to be crowned the winner.
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Celestron C8 orange tube circa 1982
Stellarvue SV102ED
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george golitzin
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They're all great. I really like the balance and clarity of the orion image. But Bart's moon shot is flat out amazing, up there with alan friedman's best work.
--george
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Ironside
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Loc: Ohio
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NGC2244 / The Rosette Nebula
Capture date: November 3
Scope: Equinox 80mm Apo @ f5 (0.8X WO flattener)
Mount: HEQ5 unguided
Camera: Modified Canon 350, ISO800, IDAS LPS P2 filter
Exposure: 60 minutes, 30x120sec lights, 12 darks, 10 flats
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
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cbwerner
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Posts: 499
Loc: Richmond, VA
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This feels so unfair to have to pick. They're all amazing, and it's a bit like apples and oranges. But pick I did.
Congratulations to all the finalists on their excellent shots!
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Chris Werner
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CollinofAlabama
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Loc: Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Jared,
I was wowed by Declerq's moon, too, but I still voted for your magnificent M42. There's something just magical about this ever so commonly imaged nebula, and your shot brings forth the magic in a poetic way. Jared, the vivid coloration wouldn't let me go.
That said, I have to concur with the others that this was truly a VERY difficult choice. All the contestants were quite close. The Cygnus is GREAT (another magical region of the skies). Of course, Declerq's Luna is in a league with Kaguya -- mesmerizing.
And no discussion is complete without mentioning soreneck's Rosette Nebula. It almost got my vote, too. That's one SHARP image, and I love the Jo-Anne McArthur photography website. Keep up the great work, Adam! Definitely good enough to be my Desktop's background in the large-frame mode. Fantastic work!
As usual, Jeremy always does great sketches with well-written narrative to flesh out the observing experience and impart an experiential sense to the brotherhood of astronomy. And Louisiana's own is throwing up some nice images, too.
Great job, everyone!
CDS
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Coelum Serendum
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BAMBAM
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Loc: Barrie, ON
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Quote:
I took a look at my competition in the contest, and it's very humbling!
All of the photos are professional quality and Jeremy's sketches are always top-notch. I don't feel worthy of being in the poll to be honest.
Great work folks. It's very inspiring and makes me want to try my hand at more imaging.
Regards and clear skies,
MikeG
Hi mike I would really like to see you take the same pic with your new 150mm Mak. I would really be interested in the results of that. Throw one on your thread when you get a chance.
Lawrence 
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Glassthrower
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Here's the full-size version of my shot in the poll :
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=12154&size=big
If I'm going to do anything but casual afocal with this Mak, then I'll likely need a focal reducer.
I won't say who I voted for (us green folks shouldn't show any favoritism), but it was a tough tough choice. Regardless of whether I have an image in the contest, I am going to start following these monthly competitions on a regular basis now. I'm very impressed with the entries. Now I don't have to see the NASA Picture of the Day, I can just get my eye candy fix here on CN.
As soon as I get my mount back, I am going to start doing some imaging experiments with the Mak.
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Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Trinitite.
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mandarpotdar
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Bart, I felt like flying a few kilometers above the moon surface.. excellent photo
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5" f/8.2 Newtonian
Orion Sirius EQ-G non-GOTO
Canon 400D
Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (kit lens, non-IS)
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 APO DG
Various photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/mandarpotdar
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Arun S Bharadwaj
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Bert`s photo made me feel as if I was walking on the moon.... Amazing picture !!!!
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sunnynights
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These were wonderful displays of artistic talent and technical skill. My compliments to all.
--sunnynights
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Asbytec
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Loc: La Union, PI
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I am not worthy! The Clavius region and Holmes sketch are AMAZING! I had a hard time choosing, but my vote goes to the sketch master!
Once again, I wish they could all be given medals. But, in the final analysis, I had to agree with you.
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La Union, Philippines
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FAB
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/06/04
Posts: 2396
Loc: Blythe, CA USA
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Clavius is one of my favorite Lunar features. The Comet Holmes sketch is very impressive, but I went for Bart.
FAB
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10.0" Hardin Dob
6.0" Konus Refractor
3.0" Celestron Tabletop Newtonian
10X50 Binoculars
Bristoscope 772212 Microscope
Amscope T490A Trinocular Microscope
http://home.earthlink.net/~blhtvl
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soreneck
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: Toronto, Canada
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I took a look at my competition in the contest, and it's very humbling!
All of the photos are professional quality and Jeremy's sketches are always top-notch. I don't feel worthy of being in the poll to be honest.
Great work folks. It's very inspiring and makes me want to try my hand at more imaging.
I've got to agree with Glassthrower -- I'm humbled to even appear in the same list as some of you guys! It's a stunning set of images overall, and in my humble opinion Bart Declerqc's razor-sharp Clavius landscape does clearly stand above the rest.
Cheers,
Adam
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Adam
WO 110 FLT / WO 66 Triplet
QHY9 / Modified Canon 450D
SkyWatcher EQ-6 Pro
Backyard (urban) roll-off observatory
One small but fearless dog (observing companion)
my astrophotos on flickr
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soreneck
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/01/06
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Loc: Toronto, Canada
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And no discussion is complete without mentioning soreneck's Rosette Nebula. It almost got my vote, too. That's one SHARP image, and I love the Jo-Anne McArthur photography website. Keep up the great work, Adam! Definitely good enough to be my Desktop's background in the large-frame mode. Fantastic work!
Thanks for the kind words Collin! Jo-Anne is a close friend and immensely talented photojournalist, and I'm fortunate to help out with her site a little and share server space with her.
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Adam
WO 110 FLT / WO 66 Triplet
QHY9 / Modified Canon 450D
SkyWatcher EQ-6 Pro
Backyard (urban) roll-off observatory
One small but fearless dog (observing companion)
my astrophotos on flickr
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guydickinson
journeyman
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Again, a fantastic selection. No idea how one can choose really.
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nothing
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Hi, I really liked Barts moon shot, one of the best I have ever seen. But my vote had to go to Jareds M42. This one rivals even the Hubble shots I have seen. Incredible detail in the wipsy bits, well done to both of you. I just wish I could have voted for both. Maybe we can have Solar system and deep space categories in the future.
Keith aka M42
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Asturies
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I also enjoyed so much the rosette nebula, for two reasons, it's a very very nice image and intersted me so much because I have been looking for the accurate reducer-flattener for my 80mm Equinox and thanks to Soreneck I think I found it, thanks for the image Soreneck and the usefull information, BUT!!!...
With regard to the contest, nothing like being there, and Bart Declercq's walk on the Moon is AMAZING.
Rosette's image is my second one.
Could you tell me, please, which is the accurate distance you have found from the reducer to the chip of the 350D?
Greetings
Fernando
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CG5-GT
Equinox 80mm APO
Mak-Cass 100mm f/14
PST Repaired of rusty objective
Canon EOS 350D
Brand new DBK21 for guiding and planetary
My web translated to English at last!!!
http://perso.wanadoo.es/jfa926/Fernando_Mejido/index.htm
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Mr Proper
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My vote goes to Jeremy, with his fine sketch of comet Holmes. And along with that the very detailed information.
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Paul in VA
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Amazing entries. I was about to vote and saw the sketching option. I thought, I don't remember seeing a sketch! So I went back up and realized the comet was a sketch. I had assumed it was a photo. Amazing job, truly amazing.
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claudio38
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Welcome to the November 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 November 15th at midnight EST.
Here are the entries for November!
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Glassthrower:
It was captured on October 20th, 2007 - 10:20pm CST, from Houma Louisiana. Other information regarding the equipment used is captioned in the photo.
Film Imaging's Finalist - AstroBobo:
Cygnus, three exposures, 2x25 min on Fuji Provia 400 + 1x50 min on Kodak E200. Medium format camera Pentax 6x7, Pentax Takumar 150mm lens @ f/5.6. Taken from Petrova Gora, Croatia.
Higher resolution and quality version is here
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - soreneck:
NGC2244 / The Rosette Nebula
Capture date: November 3
Scope: Equinox 80mm Apo @ f5 (0.8X WO flattener)
Mount: HEQ5 unguided
Camera: Modified Canon 350, ISO800, IDAS LPS P2 filter
Exposure: 60 minutes, 30x120sec lights, 12 darks, 10 flats
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
Larger version can be found here .
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Jared:
M42--The Orion Nebula
Jared Willson
November 23, 2007, Oakland, CA
Losmandy GM-8 Mount; FLT-110 APO @ f/6.5 (TEC); SBIG STL-11000; FLT field flattener; Astrodon LRG&B TrueBalance "I" filters
x3 three minute exposures luminance; x3 thirty second exposures luminance; x1 three minute exposure for each of RG&B
Internally guided and captured in Equinox Image; Calibration, error rejection, DDP, and color combine in MaximDL; Post processing in Photoshop CS2
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bart Declercq:
Mosaic of Moretus/Clavius region - October 31st 2007 3h00 UT
Each of the 6 frames is a stack of 256/2500 frames at 1/30s exposure per frame.
Camera: DMK31AF
Telescope: Celestron C9.25
2x barlow extended to an effective x2.7 (so FL approx. 6.4m)
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Jeremy Perez:
Subject: Comet 17P / Holmes
Date/Time: November 7, 2007, 9:00 - 11:30 PM MST (November 8, 2007, 04:00 - 06:00 UT)
Observing Loc: Flagstaff, AZ - Home
Instrument: Orion XT8 (203 mm dia./1200 mm F/L)
Eyepieces: 32 mm Sirius Plössl (38X / 66 arc minute TFOV)
Conditions: Calm, intermittent high cirrus
Seeing: 4/10 Pickering
Transparency: Mag 6.0 NELM
As the comet has gotten larger, the outer envelope has become much less distinct. It shows up as a faint brightening near the inner envelope that fades imperceptibly into the background. The inner envelope has almost outgrown my 24 arc-minute wide 120X view. To the naked eye, it is a large, soft spot in Perseus. The binocular view is getting better as it moves closer to the Alpha Persei association and they fit in the field more comfortably.
Through both binoculars and low power telescopic views, the comet is a bluish green color. The pseudo nucleus is much less distinct, but still visible even at 38X. The inner envelope is now soft enough on the southeast side that this half displays a sort of blinking effect between direct and averted vision. The jellyfish appearance is still there, but now I can also see an ancient trilobite in the shape of the comet. The lumpy irregularities in the central condensation seem more spread out now, and had what looked like a cartoon saguaro cactus arrangement. At 38X, I noticed a bright extension flowing away from the axis of the central condensation, well outside of the soft inner envelope. Some softer fan-like extensions also seemed to peel away from the southeast and northwest sides of the inner envelope.
The sketch was created on Strathmore sketch paper, in a 3.5" sketch circle, using charcoal and graphite (2H & HB) with a chamois, blending stump and kneaded eraser. The sketch was scanned, inverted, adjusted for contrast, dust and scratches cleaned up with the clone tool, and uneven portions adjusted with dodge and burn tools. Color was added last.
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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bigbaldjoe
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I just showed my middle schoolers these photos and let them decide which I should vote for. They didn't think it was possible for people to take photos like that in their backyards........neither did I.
Great work folks.
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Bart Declercq
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Although I'm not terribly experienced, I can say with total confidence that the Bart's shot is the sharpest I've seen by an amateur, of the moon.
Thanks all for the kind words! Those comments mean more to me then what my final "score" will be in the poll itself.
But on this mail, I have to say that my contest entry was a little limited by the contest conditions concerning dimensions and filesize of the image.
This is the original image on which the contest image is based, covering a bit more ground at a higher resolution.
Bart
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PhilG
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I was about ready to cast my vote for Jared's M42 until I scrolled down to Barts lunar image. Very impressive! Looks like an Apollo shot.
What is the ground resolution of the image in m/pixel or km /pixel?
Phil
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Bart Declercq
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I was about ready to cast my vote for Jared's M42 until I scrolled down to Barts lunar image. Very impressive! Looks like an Apollo shot.
What is the ground resolution of the image in m/pixel or km /pixel?
Phil
Thanks, the original (link in the message above you) is at about 0.2" per pixel, which corresponds to roughly 400 meters per pixel. The poll image is roughly half that (so ~800m/pxl)
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ilias200400
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Excellent images! Very hard to choose ...
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
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I'd like to welcome all of the newbies and first-time posters who replied in this thread. Thank for you kind words.
Welcome to Cloudy Nights and stick around. This handful of images is just a small representation of what our talented members can do.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Trinitite.
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glenncondie
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Posts: 74
Loc: Laskay Observatory Canada
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WOW !! Barts the Man !
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14"RCX / SBIG STL-6303, AOL , MOAG ,Astrodon E series LRGB,Baader Ha , OIII , SII Filter, ,Remote guiding head ,ADM balance system 3D ,8"LX-10 SCT,F6.3 fr,Nikon CP995 ,Olympic OM-1, Skyshed POD XL3 ;lined insulated .
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DancesWithWords
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Reged: 05/01/07
Posts: 10
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Well I'm no expert, but I had had to give my vote to to the sketch. The detail was amazing. Though I also love the astrophotography stuff, great sketching for me is an awesome skill, and Jeremy did a super job of capturing the comet. Congrad'd Jeremy on a super job.
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12" Orion XXT12 Intelliscope, now sporting a Stellavue 50mm Finder
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carlcat
super member
Reged: 11/26/07
Posts: 186
Loc: California
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Bart's moon pic is just amazing, looks great as my new desktop!!!! Thanks Bart.
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SomeGuy
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Reged: 10/17/05
Posts: 25
Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
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Whoa! Bart! Dang! *whew*
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The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night!
Orion Atlas 10 EQ
Steady skies!
Who needs sleep?
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Miguel Lopes
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/04/07
Posts: 621
Loc: Portugal
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Ok, all my doubts are over! C9.25 comming next year!!!!
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Astrology is the science for ignorants. Astronomy is the science for those who feel ignorant. - Miguel Lopes
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DNTash
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/02/07
Posts: 668
Loc: New Delhi, India
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These are all excellent shots, images, and representations of a wide variety of techniques. Congratulations to all -- winners in all their categories.
Boy, Bart's moon shot is close. And it does give you the sense of having orbital motion, doesn't it?
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66 (WO 66 Doublet)
90 (Meade ETX-90PE)
120 (WO "Crayford-ed" Orion 120ST)
200 (Celestron Dob)
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nNemethon
super member
Reged: 10/09/06
Posts: 153
Loc: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
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Now that was a very hard decision. I'm glad it's only once a month! 
Special mentions to all who entered, terrific work. A very special mention to Soreneck with a wonderfully detailed and crisp image of the Rosette. Beautiful.
But the real argument was between Bart and Jared. Bart's, as you can see by the responses is just THE most magnificent moon image I have ever seen. Period! And I've seen my share of 1000's of them. But my vote eventually went to Jared for an incredible Orion. The wonderful detail especially in the edge filaments, the colours, the trap showing without killing off too much of the inner detail while preserving the blackness around the rest of the nebula. One of the most gorgeous Orions in any argument.
Very jealous of all of you and an inspiration for me to keep trying until I get it.
Cheers
Erik
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"...Enveloped in your riven wings
Of fineness, beauty, unbelief
A myriad eyes to watch as I'm
Fixed yearning for that which I'm denied
Your light, your dark, your wonder..."
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Dave A.
newbie
Reged: 11/27/07
Posts: 1
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Some great work. They are all good choices. Thanks for the submissions.
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Jeff J.
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 1017
Loc: Las Cruces, NM
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My choice was between Soreneck's Rosette and Bart's Moon. The sketch was also outstanding.
My vote went for the Moon...I just have never seen anything like that...and I've seen a lot : )
Jeff
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C8 CF XLT
WO ZS66SD APO
SXV-H9C/SXV Guider
Tak EM200 Temma II
Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Jared
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/11/05
Posts: 2306
Loc: Piedmont, California, U.S.
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Thanks to all who provided feedback! Having your work appreciated helps all of us on those nights when:
- You forgot to charge your battery; or,
- You forgot to bring your field flattener; or,
- The right ascension drive seems to be a little out of whack causing the periodic error to bee too high for a good image; or,
- You spend an hour and a half setting up, drift aligning, and focusing only to see the clouds roll in; or,
- You spend two hours going through check lists, packing the scope up for a drive to dark skies on that weekend with a new moon only to find that your clear sky clock shows pure white; or,
- You just can't seem to get the scope to focus properly; or,
- You have a wonderful dark night and all your equipment is working perfectly, but the wind is just a little too strong for your mount/scope.
Recording the night sky--whether it be through a CCD camera, a DSLR, a sketch, a web cam, or on film--is a time consuming and often frustrating experience, so the encouragement is much appreciated!
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- Jared Willson
- TMB 152 f/8 Apochromat
- Fluorostar FLT-110 w/ TEC optics
- Stellarvue SV80S
- Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
- Takahashi Teegul SP Mount
- STL-11000
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Opticalman
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Reged: 07/08/04
Posts: 22
Loc: New England
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Bart the lunar photo is great and gets my vote!
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8"f/6 Newt Royce mirror
CR 150 on Atlas MT
Celestron/Vixen 102mm achromatic doublet
BRANDON 94mm f/7 triplet original owner
And a few more.
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carlcat
super member
Reged: 11/26/07
Posts: 186
Loc: California
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http://www.gokbilim.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8829
another amazing moon shot along with Bart's
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