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Greg K.

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Loc: Clifton Park, NY

Imaging/Sketching Contest Submissions - July
#1067852 - 07/30/06 10:45 AM

This thread will be used for Imaging/Sketching Contest submissions for July 2006.

Mods, please post winning forum entries here!

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Erix
Toad Lily

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Posts: 19958
Loc: Ohio, USA

Re: Imaging/Sketching Contest Submissions - July new

[Re: Greg K.]
#1082572 - 08/07/06 07:20 PM Attachment (104 downloads)

Sketching Forum:

Rich Handy (Kraterkid)
Subject: Anaximenes, Philolaus and environs Rukl: 3
Date: 7-6-06 Start - 4:36 UTC End- 5:58 UTC
Seeing: Antoniadi III-IV Weather: Clear
Telescope: 12" Meade SCT f/10 f.l.
Binoviewer: W.O. Bino-P
Eyepieces: 20mm W.O. WA
Nosepiece: 1.6X Magnification: 244X
Lunation: 11.45 days Phase: 50.9 degrees
Libration in Latitude: +6 deg 2 min
Libration in Longitude: -6 deg 48 min
Medium: White Conte' Crayon on black textured Strathmore paper
Sketch size: 18" x 24"

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Erika

10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
Having Fun in the Sun!
More solar fun: 2007 July - tracking NOAA10963

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Charlie Hein
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Re: Imaging/Sketching Contest Submissions - July new

[Re: Erix]
#1087395 - 08/10/06 11:30 AM Attachment (89 downloads)

Beginning Imaging:

microbes:

Sagittarius Region of the Milky Way.

Shot on film with a Yashica FX/2 mounted on an EQ2 at f/1.9 thru a 50mm lens on Fuji Superia Xtra 800.
20 second exposure, processing limited to cropping and darking the shot.

Edited by Greg K. (08/16/06 04:41 PM)

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Charlie Hein
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Re: Imaging/Sketching Contest Submissions - July new

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#1087399 - 08/10/06 11:32 AM

Solar System Imaging:

Tizianobkk:

RGB image of Jupiter taken on May 27th from Bangkok, Thailand

Technical details:
self-made telescope Newton diameter 275 mm (~11") F/4.9, Giacometti optics
Mount: Gemini G41 field with FS2 GTO
Powermate 5X, equivalent focal lengh 9400 mm
set of RGB filters True Tech
Lumenera LU075M, 12 bit monochrome CCD camera
3 x 30 sec film at 20 fps captured by Streampix and processed by Iris and Photoshop

Seeing was great that night, with no wind and good transparency

* Disqualified due to size * - Greg

Edited by Greg K. (08/16/06 03:51 PM)

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Grizz
Carpal Tunnel

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Posts: 2172
Loc: Waldwick,New Jersey USA

Re: Imaging/Sketching Contest Submissions - July new

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#1094550 - 08/14/06 05:45 PM Attachment (84 downloads)

DSLR entry:

2020BC

Subject: M20 (Trifid Nebula) and M8 (Lagoon Nebula).
Camera: Canon 350D (unmodified) prime focus.
Exposure: 7 x 4 Mins, ISO 800, Noise Reduction On.
Scope: Orion 80mm ED with crosshairs piggyback on Meade SN-8.
Mount: Meade LXD-75 (with SN-8) Manually Guided.
Location: Canberra 24Jun06 1300 hrs UTC.
Processing: Manual align in MaxDSLR, processed in ImageReady.

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