Return to the Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews home page


Astrophotography and Sketching >> Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest

Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | (show all)
Anonymous
Unregistered




M33 new [Re: Mobius1]
      #592387 - 09/09/05 12:28 AM

M33
Meade LX90 8"SCT w/UHTC
Canon Rebel 68min (34@2min) iso 1600
Processed PS7
Ryan Tiedeman
Bonney Lake, WA
August 27th, 2005 2AM PDT


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
ClownFish
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Mobius1]
      #616734 - 09/26/05 05:40 PM Attachment (294 downloads)

M45 - Pleiades Cluster
Single 40 minute hand guided on Fujichrome 400F Provia
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
Guided with an Orion 910mm F/L photo guidescope
Photographed with an Olympus OM-1

CF

--------------------



Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
ClownFish
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Echo]
      #616737 - 09/26/05 05:42 PM Attachment (297 downloads)

M42/M43 Orion Nebula
Hand guided 40 minute exposure on Fuji 400F Provia
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian
Guided with an Orion 910mm photo guidescope
Photographed with an Olympus OM-1

CF

--------------------



Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
haleymon
Pooh-Bah


Reged: 09/10/05
Posts: 1234
Loc: Spring, Texas N.W. of Houston
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: ClownFish]
      #619537 - 09/28/05 02:27 PM

Okay

Please excuse my language

But...


HOLY "BLEEP" guys and gals

Amazing!!!! Totally Amazing!!!!

Thank you all very much for sharing with us.

--------------------
Clear Skies to all


Dave


Celestron CPC 800 XLT
2" Astro Tech Dielectric Diag.
Orion Shorty Plus Barlow
Telrad
Canon 40D DSLR (On Its Way)
NexImage w/LE Mod
Starry Night Pro 5.0
5mw GLP



-------Haley's Haven Observatory-------



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
ClownFish
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: haleymon]
      #620626 - 09/29/05 10:12 AM Attachment (279 downloads)

M31, M32, and M110 in Andromeda.
40 minute hand guided exposure on Fujichrome 400F Provia.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian

CF

--------------------



Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
ClownFish
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: ClownFish]
      #620654 - 09/29/05 10:29 AM Attachment (253 downloads)

M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum
35 minute hand guided exposure on Fujichrome 400F Provia
Meade LXD75, 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian

CF

--------------------



Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: ClownFish]
      #710912 - 12/01/05 02:09 PM Attachment (284 downloads)

M39 (62 x 2 mins @ ISO 800 Canon 10D/TV85)

--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
ClownFish
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #712490 - 12/02/05 02:24 PM

Beautiful Tonk, a gorgeous Open Cluster, and a great photo!
Thanks for sharing.

CF

--------------------



Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!



Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
lineman_16735
3.14159265


Reged: 12/04/04
Posts: 1621
Loc: At home
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: ClownFish]
      #713298 - 12/03/05 12:32 AM Attachment (276 downloads)

M-31,32,110. 25 minutes 10" LXD 75 UHTC, OM-1 camera E-200 film.

Nice image Lineman, but please keep image size to not more than 600x800 and file size down to 100K.

--------------------
Chris
AP 900
TSA 102
SBIG ST-2000XM
Astrodons
Pyxis

http://home.dejazzd.com/prowatt/
"quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur"




Edited by square_peg 114GT (12/05/05 10:02 PM)


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: lineman_16735]
      #745172 - 12/24/05 04:14 PM Attachment (224 downloads)

M31, M32, M110. 108 x 5 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85, Canon 10D. 9 hours total exposure. This gets 1 mag deeper than the 1 hour exposure I posted earlier in this thread

--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #745181 - 12/24/05 04:19 PM

M44 (plus comet C/2001 Q4). 67 x 3 mins at ISO 800. TV85/Canon 10D. 15th May 2004




--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #745222 - 12/24/05 04:55 PM Attachment (219 downloads)

M35. 69 x 3 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85/Canon 10D

--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #745228 - 12/24/05 05:02 PM Attachment (217 downloads)

M27, 90 x 2 mins at ISO 800, Televue 85/Canon 10D

--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Dean
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 12/31/04
Posts: 4371
Loc: Bailey Co Elev 8780 feet
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #782584 - 01/17/06 11:52 PM Attachment (242 downloads)

M78 - didn't see one in the list so, what the heck.

475 minutes 220:85:85:85 All binned 1x1
APM-TMB 152/1200LW on an AP1200
ST-10MXE with Astrodon LRGB filters
Taken from Conifer, Colorado over 4 nights from 1/1/2006 - 1/5/200. Poor seeing and high winds.

Processing - hack, hack, hack to get something out of the poor exposures.

--------------------
deanrowe.net/astro
Whats with that avatar?

Edited by Dean (01/17/06 11:53 PM)


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Mizar
sage


Reged: 07/06/05
Posts: 269
Loc: NE Illinois, U.S.
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Echo]
      #809685 - 02/04/06 04:24 PM Attachment (215 downloads)

M101

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Tonk
Post Laureate
*****

Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 3577
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Mizar]
      #1083240 - 08/08/06 07:47 AM

M39 widefield and deep

14 x 5 mins ISO 800, TV85, 0.8FR, Canon 10D



--------------------
Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 10D
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Mobius1
sage


Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 471
Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Tonk]
      #1084007 - 08/08/06 04:34 PM Attachment (159 downloads)

Allright, now that I have gotten better at this- I can make a few more submissions:

M104- Sombrero Galaxy widefield
By Martin Mika
Gurnee, IL
Taken on 4/12/2006
Using Canon Rebel XT at prime focus of Orion 120-ST.
Composite of 4x30sec at ISO1600
Stacked and processed with Photoshop CS- courtesy of Mark Gorski.

--------------------
Martin

Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI
DSI-IIC
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Mobius1
sage


Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 471
Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Mobius1]
      #1084066 - 08/08/06 05:13 PM Attachment (174 downloads)

And here is what I get to do on weekends if the weather is nice pardon the image quality- it was a huge RAW file and I had to compress it a great deal.

The Whirlpool Galaxy closeup
By Martin Mika
Gurnee, IL (photo taken at Williams Bay, WI)
Taken on 3/17/2006
Using Canon Rebel XT; EP projection, 42mm Orion Deep view and Max View DSLR II.
Telescope is the Yerkes' 24" Cassegrain at f/13.2
Unguided 1000 second exposure at ISO1600.
Resized and compressed using GIMP v2.2

--------------------
Martin

Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI
DSI-IIC
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)

Edited by Mobius1 (08/08/06 05:14 PM)


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
*****

Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
Re: Messier Catalogue [Re: Mobius1]
      #1588975 - 05/06/07 04:04 PM Attachment (106 downloads)

M64 - Blackeye Galaxy

By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 04/05/2007 at 23:10pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
740 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop

Clear skies..
PM

--------------------
Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
----------------------------------------------
http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Paul Milligan
Pooh-Bah
*****

Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W
Re: Messier Catalogue new [Re: Paul Milligan]
      #1588985 - 05/06/07 04:09 PM Attachment (103 downloads)

M82 - Cigar Galaxy

By : Paul Milligan
Location : Baldrine, Isle of Man, Great Britain
Date : 25/03/2007 at 21:20pm
Camera : GSTAR-EX CCD image captured on PMP3520 Media Player
Telescope : William Optics FLT110 mounted on EQ6 Skyscan Pro
1,246 Frames at 128X senseup
Stacked & aligned using Registax processed using Photoshop

Clear skies..
PM

--------------------
Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
----------------------------------------------
http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com


Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | (show all)


Extra information
0 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:  Charlie Hein, knuklhdastnmr 

Print Thread

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled


Thread views: 50014

Jump to

Home



Cloudy Nights Sponsor: Astronomics
>