Echo
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Reged: 09/29/03
Posts: 3320
Loc: So Cal
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Welcome to the March Cloudy Nights Reader’s Gallery Submission Forum. Each month, we ask our CN members to submit your best photos.
This month's theme for this section is: Free form
For your photo entries, please provide a description that includes:
your First and Last Name;
Date of photo (can include the time);
Description (title) of the image;
Relevant photo information (exposure length and equipment used).
This is important! If you don't supply ALL information, we won't be able to use your photograph!!!!
Please note: due to copyright issues, all photos should be original (If they aren't then you will be banned from this section of the forum!).
This month's deadline is March 15th, at 1700 hours Greenwich Mean Time.
To facilitate the judging we respectfully ask that you not enter comments in the photo thread. You will find a commentary thread for the Lunar photo entries. Thanks and good luck!
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Queen of GOTO
Life is short.... get a massage!
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rodrake
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Just to get things started:
Richard Drake
Glendale, AZ
01/29/2004
Moon
76mm/f16 Achromat, 25mm Plossl, Olympus D460
Converted to greyscale and unsharp mask in PaintShop Pro
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Rich
Intes Micro MN56/SkyView Pro
Late 60s Sears Discoverer 76mm/f16
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
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Suk Lee
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Reged: 10/07/03
Posts: 4307
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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Jupiter and Moon
Nikon 300mm lens @ f4
Composite of 1/125 and 1/30s exposures on E200 pushed 1 stop
Shot at Pleasanton CA
Suk Lee
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http://www.siliconvalleyskies.com
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rodrake
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Posts: 330
Loc: Glendale, AZ
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Richard Drake
Glendale, AZ
02/25/2004
Evening Moon thru Clouds
76mm/f16 Achromat, 25mm Plossl, Olympus D460
Color balance and unsharp mask in PaintShop Pro
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Rich
Intes Micro MN56/SkyView Pro
Late 60s Sears Discoverer 76mm/f16
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
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Grizz
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 2172
Loc: Waldwick,New Jersey USA
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I'll throw my eclipse pic in. 
Craig Schriever
Nikon coolpix 995
40mm ep/Scopetronix digi adapter
10" LX200GPS f/10
Hi Res version Hi Res
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Craig
LX200GPS 10" UHTC SMT
ETX90EC
Orion ED80 APO
Meade LPI Canon 10d Meade DSI
My Photo Gallery
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Paulimer
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Reged: 08/08/03
Posts: 54
Loc: Hong Kong
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This is my entry for the lunar section.
Moon Age 23.
Taken on 13/2/2004, through my apartment's window, Hong Kong
Sky90, Or18mm afocal, Nikon Coolpix 4500.
3 frames stacked and processed in Photoshop.
A larger version can be viewed here: http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~50324807/Astrophoto/23.jpg
Regards,
Paul Ng
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The sky is like a fantasy: http://paulimer.sinastarz.com/
My astroblog: http://astropaul.blogspot.com/
Celstron 5" SCT
Vixen 4" F10 Newtonian
Mizar NewAR
Takahashi FS60C
Takahashi Sky90
Takahashi EM11 USD3
Edited by Paulimer (02/28/04 12:16 AM)
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Anonymous
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Don Reed
27Feb2004
First Quarter Moon
Hardin DSH-10, 18mm Orion Epic ED-2, Olympus C-3040Zoom
1/60 second at f4, ISO 200 equiv, 1 frame
Contrast adjustment and unsharp mask in Photoshop
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litespeed
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 10/31/03
Posts: 948
Loc: Sebastian, FL
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Daytime Moon
2/28/04 4:15PM
Olympus OM-1N / Skyview Pro 127mm Manually guided
Fuji Superia ISO 400
1/500 @ F/12
Scan of a print photo. Adjusted Contrast, Brightness and reduced and cropped the image in Photoshop 7.
I caught something next to it? Not sure what....
AJ Ricketts
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AJ
Orion 127 SVP
TouCam
Canon 20D
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Anonymous
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Moon up close and personal.
TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
400 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
LIGHT PROCESSING IN PHOTOSHOP 7 INC UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE.
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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MOON -PLATO
TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
600 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
PHOTOSHOP 7 UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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Charlie Hein
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Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 6405
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Moon - Mar. 1, 2004 ~ 8:20pm Local Time
Photo by Charlie Hein, Weston, FL
Taken with Sony DCR-TRV30 camcorder
Afocally using 32mm Plossl Eyepiece
on an Orion Atlas 8 EQ Newtonian telescope
70 of 700 frames stacked in RegiStax
(right click and save to see full size image)
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Weston CSC:
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Charlie Hein
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Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 6405
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Clavius, Tycho, Moretus and friends
image by Charlie Hein, Weston, FL
Taken with a Sony DCR-TRV30 camcorder
at full optical zoom, shot afocally
with a 32mm Plossl eyepiece
on an Orion Atlas EQ 8 Newtonian telescope
(right-click and save for full size image)
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Weston CSC:
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Anonymous
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Any one for a game of hole in one?
TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
250 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
LIGHT PROCESSING IN PHOTOSHOP 7 INC UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE.
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
440 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
LIGHT PROCESSING IN PHOTOSHOP 7 INC UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE.
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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rodrake
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Posts: 330
Loc: Glendale, AZ
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Richard Drake
Glendale, AZ
03/03/2004
Moon
76mm/f16 Achromat, 25mm Plossl, Olympus D460
Converted to greyscale and unsharp mask in PaintShop Pro
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Rich
Intes Micro MN56/SkyView Pro
Late 60s Sears Discoverer 76mm/f16
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
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rodrake
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Posts: 330
Loc: Glendale, AZ
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Richard Drake
Glendale, AZ
03/03/2004
Gassendi and Mersenius
76mm/f16 Achromat, 25mm Plossl, Olympus D460
Converted to greyscale and unsharp mask in PaintShop Pro
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Rich
Intes Micro MN56/SkyView Pro
Late 60s Sears Discoverer 76mm/f16
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
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rodrake
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Posts: 330
Loc: Glendale, AZ
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Got a few good shots and then clouds moved in...
Richard Drake
Glendale, AZ
03/03/2004
Cloudy Nights Moon
Olympus D460
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Rich
Intes Micro MN56/SkyView Pro
Late 60s Sears Discoverer 76mm/f16
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
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Bill Grass
Prince Regent
Reged: 10/07/03
Posts: 11652
Loc: Denham Springs, LA
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Bill Grass
3-7-04
The Moon
Sony DSC-P71 digital camera through Orion ED80, 25mm TeleVue Plossl, & variable polarizing filter; adjusted size, brightness, contrast, & unsharp mask in Adobe Photoshop
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synner
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Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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Nick King 040307 21:35UT
Harrow, UK.
Taken with a ToUcam Pro 740K webcam and a 200mm SLR lens, piggy-back mounted on a Vixen VC200L and Losmandy GM-8. 240 recorded at 10 fps, all frames aligned, stacked and sharpened with Keith's Image Stacker. Final level adjustments made with the Gimp.
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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stevie
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Reged: 12/07/03
Posts: 3134
Loc: Belgium
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this shot is taken trough a orion 80 EDequiped with a 32mm plossl
camera used is a medion 4mp
exposure was automatic
pictuer is cropped and processed in photoshop
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stephane
Our shots(updated :18.02.2008)
My videos
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stevie
Spiderman
Reged: 12/07/03
Posts: 3134
Loc: Belgium
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for this picture i used the same set up and method as above
i like the result tough
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stephane
Our shots(updated :18.02.2008)
My videos
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Anonymous
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Here is a shot of the Moon and Mars:
Date: 2/25/04 8:30pm CDT
Camera: Olympus C2040Z
Working Aperture: f/2.6
Exposure: 4s
Working ISO Speed: 100
Zoom: 3x
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Thanks, Tim Harincar
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stevie
Spiderman
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Posts: 3134
Loc: Belgium
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moon and venus
exposure was automatic
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stephane
Our shots(updated :18.02.2008)
My videos
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Anonymous
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Thomas Williamson
Hyginus and Triesnecker. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003
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Anonymous
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Carlos Andrade
Skywatcher 8" f/5 dob
Sony DSC-V1, 3-burst, auto mode
camera hand held to 30mm eyepiece
3 frames, stacked in registax 2
processed in photoshop (levels, selective colour and highlights/shadow)
12/02/2004
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Anonymous
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Hans Van Ingelgom
Date: 2004-02-28
Telescope: SkyWatcher 130mm f5, 2x barlow
Camera: TouCam XS, 6 movies covering the whole moon ->(registax)-> 17 images ->(gimp)->1 composite image.
The image is at 60% of the original resolution.
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Rushwind
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 2133
Loc: Newark, CA
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Moon at Three Days
February 23, 2004
Jimbo S. Harris
Equipment used: 8" f/4.9 Reflector @ 40x, hand-held Kodak DC280 digital camera, shot through the eyepiece (camera default exposure length), auto-levels and sharpen in Photoshop. Resized to 1280x1024 for use as a desktop. (:
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Order of the Unblinking Eye
G-11 D70 ST4 8"f/5 AT66ED (Rig)
I used to shoot film.
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Blueshark928
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/19/04
Posts: 2853
Loc: Crownsville, MD
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Shot on Dec 29, 2003. Olympus d460 afocal eyepiece projection thru 30mm Ulitma, Sirus MV-1 filter (before i traded up for an NPC) & 120mm f/8.3 Orion (synta) achromat. This was a test of sorts with a new Steady Pix adapter. Havnt used it since. I'm just glad my wife didnt pay too much for it. 
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John
SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (03/12/04 10:06 AM)
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DJMcCrady
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/27/03
Posts: 1591
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Here's my moon from 3/1/2004.
It is actually a composite of 12 separate captures of 100 frames each, stacked, and merged in Photoshop.
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http://starryvistas.net
Tak Sky 90, Tak EM200, STL-4020M
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Anonymous
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Northern Mare Imbrium.
Single LPI shot through LX90.
Taken 3rd March 2004. Whitstable, Kent,UK.
allan macdonald
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Apennine Mountain range.
Meade LPI, single shot, through Meade LX90.
Contrast and brightness adjusted only.
3rd March. Whitstable, UK
allan macdonald
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Anonymous
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Hi,
a Image of the straight wall taken with a C8 at f20 (2x barlow)and a Phillips Toucam in late Febuary 2004. Processed in Registax and MaximDl.
clear skies
Larry Citro
Edited by Larry Citro (03/13/04 09:21 AM)
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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MOON
TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
354 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
PHOTOSHOP 7 UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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MOON
TOUCAM PRO SC
HELIOS EXPLORER 200MM REFLECTOR
10MM EP+ EP PROJECTION TUBE
432 FRAMES STACKED IN REGISTAX
PHOTOSHOP 7 UNSHARP MASK AND DESPECKLE
JAMES DYSON BLACKPOOL UK.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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