Echo
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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 DSO entries. Thanks and good luck!
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Charles
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Charles
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Edited by Charles (02/21/04 12:01 PM)
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Suk Lee
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California Nebula
Nikon 300mm lens @ f4, AP900, ST2000 as autoguider, IDAS filter
3 x 25min on E200 pushed 1 stop
1/18/04 Pleasanton CA
Suk Lee
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Suk Lee
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Cone Nebula & Christmas Cluster in H-alpha
Takahashi Epsilon 160, AP900, ST2000, Schuler H-alpha
2.5 hours total exposure
Shot 2/10/04 in Pleasanton CA
Suk Lee
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Suk Lee
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Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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M51 + IC4263
18 Feb 2004, Enterprise, Al
TOA-130 and reducer, Sbig 10XME.
LRGB (L) 45 minutes
Imaging collaboration between Charles Hover and Suk Lee
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http://www.siliconvalleyskies.com
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Ralph McIntosh
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 908
Loc: Hanau/Germany
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Flame and Horsehead Nebula
GSO 200mm F4 Newton / Canon 10D (DSLR)
8 x 288 Seconds ISO1600
20.02.2004 Herchenhainer Höhe / Germany
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Ralph McIntosh
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Posts: 908
Loc: Hanau/Germany
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M45 Plejades
GSO 200mm F4 Newton / Canon 10D (DSLR)
ISO800
2 x 4min
3 x 5min
2 x 8min
16.02.2004 Hanau / Germany
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Charles
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DaveC
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here is my entry
Taken Feb. 20th
Dave Cornish, Kent Washington
M44 the Beehive cluster
Camera: Canon EOS digital rebel
Method: prime focus
Exposure: 374 seconds
ISO: 200
Guiding: hand guided using guide scope
Scope: Orion astroview 120ST refractor
Mount: Orion astroview equatorial mount
Notes: Used a photoshop technique to eliminate chromatic abberation
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DaveC
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Title: m35
Dave Cornish. Kent, Washington.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, ISO200, Exposure time 15 mins. Prime focus.
Scope: Astroview 120ST, 600mm fl, 4.7in ap, F/5.
Hand guided on EQ3 with dual drives and 80mm refractor guide scope.
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Paulimer
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Reged: 08/08/03
Posts: 51
Loc: Hong Kong
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In head-on comparison with Suk... 
California Nebula
26/12/2003, taken in Northern GuangDong, China.
FS60C with Sky90-flattener, manually guided 45min,
E200 push 1 stop.
A larger image can be viewed here: http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~50324807/Astrophoto/California.jpg
Regards,
Paul Ng
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Celstron 5" SCT
Vixen 4" F10 Newtonian
Mizar NewAR
Takahashi FS60C
Takahashi Sky90
Takahashi EM11 USD3
Edited by Paulimer (02/28/04 12:01 AM)
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vid
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Posts: 93
Loc: Croatia.Europe
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Sagittarius wide
Olympus OM2000, 70mm, f 5.6
Kodak E200,pushed 1x
Celestar 8 piggyback,manual guiding
exp. 25 min
June 2003, Croatia
Slide scanned,Neat Image and Photoshop used
Vid Nikolic
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Vid Nikolic
Zagreb , Croatia
William Optics 110 FLT + TMB Flattener
Celestron CGE + ADM orange knobs
Orion ED 80
GSO 10" dobson
QHY5 autoguider
Canon EOS 5D,350D mod,300D mod
EF 24-105 L,EF 50 1.4, EF 100 2.8 macro, EF 100-400L
http://www.vidastro.blogspot.com/
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Here is one of them IC 1805.
Sky90 with reducer;
1 hour exposure;
Kodak E200 film (no push);
FS60C with Tak LG-3 eyepiece for guiding on EM10
Took in Xian Long near Beijing; China on 30 Dec 2002
Photo by KC Kong
Edited by Echo (03/03/04 11:27 PM)
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Suk Lee
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Posts: 4303
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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M82 Cigar Galaxy
Shot 3/02/04 in Pleasanton, CA
Mewlon 250, ST2000/CFW8/AO7 @ prime, AP900
LRGB shot as 100 : 50 : 20 : 25 minutes binned 1, 2, 2, 2, no IR blocking on "L"
Processed with CCDOps, Maxim DL, AstroArt, Photoshop, RC Console, Sigma, and SGBNR
Cheers,
Suk
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DaveC
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Title: Double cluster
Dave Cornish. Kent, Washington.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, ISO200, Exposure time 27 mins. Prime focus.
Scope: Astroview 120ST, 600mm fl, 4.7in ap, F/5.
Hand guided on EQ3 with dual drives and 80mm refractor guide scope.
Edited by DaveC (03/04/04 03:22 AM)
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Anonymous
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Here's my pic for the comp!:) first ever pic of a messier.
M42
Helios explorer 200mm F/L 1000 F/5
Prime focus
Toucam Pro sc1(no fan)
Edited in Registax 2.1
8 Frames Stacked of .5 sec exposure's
James Dyson
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MarkK
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Reged: 03/04/04
Posts: 550
Loc: Florida Tampa
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Mark Keitel
November 19, November 20 2003
NGC 253
Tak FRC300 F/5.9, SBIG 10Xe, Optec IFW , Optec filters, AP 1200 mount, Tak FSQ with SBIG 237a for guider
L = 18 x 480 min
R = 13 x 360 min 2x
G = 13 x 360 min 2x
R = 13 x 360 min 2x
Edited by MarkK (03/05/04 04:24 PM)
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Anonymous
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Another California Nebula 
Composite of 2 images
E200 film, exposures 30 minutes and 1 hour (no push)
Sky90 with reducer
FS60C with Tak LG-3 eyepiece for guiding on EM10
Took in Xian Long near Beijing; China on 29 Dec 2002
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