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Aug07 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Finalists! new
      #1832135 - 09/10/07 11:55 AM

Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Jared:



Image of NGC6960--The Witch's Broom Nebula--captured by Jared Willson on the night of August 18/19, 2007 in Mill Valley, CA

Losmandy GM-8 mount; William Optics FLT-110 APO @ f/6.5 (TEC); SBIG ST-2000XCM one-shot color camera w/ AO-7 adaptive optics; WO field flattener

x8 five minute exposures clip combined in Equinox Image (Mac)
Post processing in Photoshop CS3 including: color recombine and balance; levels; curves; de-noise; cropping; unsharp mask; contrast.


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Re: Aug07 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Finalists! new [Re: Charlie Hein]
      #1832138 - 09/10/07 11:56 AM

Film Astrophotography's Finalist - AstroBobo:



Orion, from Petrova gora (Croatia). Single 60min exposure, Kodak E200, Pentax 6x7, 75mm Takumar lens closed to f/6.7. Taken this january.


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      #1832145 - 09/10/07 11:58 AM

DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Mike B.:


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M22 Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

Location: Maurice, LA
Date: Aug 7th, 2007
Telescope: Meade 8" f/4 Schmidt-Newtonian w/MPCC
Camera: Hutech Modified Canon 350XT w/IDAS-LPS Front Filter
Mount: Atlas EQ-G w/EQMOD
Guiding: 102mm F/5 Achro, 2x Barlow, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding
Exposure: 25x120 sec @ ISO 1600
Processing: IRIS, PS, Gradient XTerminator & Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools


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Re: Aug07 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Finalists! new [Re: Charlie Hein]
      #1832146 - 09/10/07 11:59 AM

CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Dean:



Deep Dumbbell (M27)

Dean Rowe
Bailey, Colorado
08/09/2007 & 08/10/2007
585 minutes HaLRGB 315:90:60:60:60
Ha 45 minute, L 10 minute & RGB 15 minute subs
Ha binned 2x2, LRGB binned 1x1
12.5" RCOS @ F/6.5 on an NJP
ST10MXE with CS 10nm Ha & Astrodon LRGB filters

Other image sizes & Ha only:
http://deanrowe.net/astro/main.jsp?image=images/m27_deep


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      #1832147 - 09/10/07 11:59 AM

Solar System Imaging's Finalist - swalker:



Venus recorded in Ultraviolet light over the course of 5 1/2 months.
Two telescopes used; a 10" f/5 newtonian, and a 12.5" f/5.1 newt.
Cameras used were a Lumenera LU075 and a Imaging Source DMK21AF04.
The images span from January 28 2007 through July 16 for the last image.
Please click on this link to view the full resolution image:
http://masil-astro-imaging.netfirms.com/SWI/UV%20montage%20flat.jpg


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Re: Aug07 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Finalists! [Re: Charlie Hein]
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Sketching Forum Finalist - Jaycin

2007 August 12
0730-1030 UT
Jason Aldridge
M31, NGC869 & NGC884


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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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