Arun S Bharadwaj
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Bert`s photo made me feel as if I was walking on the moon.... Amazing picture !!!!
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sunnynights
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These were wonderful displays of artistic talent and technical skill. My compliments to all.
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Asbytec
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Reged: 08/08/07
Posts: 216
Loc: La Union, PI
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I am not worthy! The Clavius region and Holmes sketch are AMAZING! I had a hard time choosing, but my vote goes to the sketch master!
Once again, I wish they could all be given medals. But, in the final analysis, I had to agree with you.
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FAB
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Clavius is one of my favorite Lunar features. The Comet Holmes sketch is very impressive, but I went for Bart.
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soreneck
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I took a look at my competition in the contest, and it's very humbling! 
All of the photos are professional quality and Jeremy's sketches are always top-notch. I don't feel worthy of being in the poll to be honest.
Great work folks. It's very inspiring and makes me want to try my hand at more imaging. 
I've got to agree with Glassthrower -- I'm humbled to even appear in the same list as some of you guys! It's a stunning set of images overall, and in my humble opinion Bart Declerqc's razor-sharp Clavius landscape does clearly stand above the rest.
Cheers,
Adam
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soreneck
professor emeritus
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Loc: Toronto, Canada
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And no discussion is complete without mentioning soreneck's Rosette Nebula. It almost got my vote, too. That's one SHARP image, and I love the Jo-Anne McArthur photography website. Keep up the great work, Adam! Definitely good enough to be my Desktop's background in the large-frame mode. Fantastic work!
Thanks for the kind words Collin! Jo-Anne is a close friend and immensely talented photojournalist, and I'm fortunate to help out with her site a little and share server space with her.
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guydickinson
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Again, a fantastic selection. No idea how one can choose really.
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nothing
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Reged: 08/06/07
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Hi, I really liked Barts moon shot, one of the best I have ever seen. But my vote had to go to Jareds M42. This one rivals even the Hubble shots I have seen. Incredible detail in the wipsy bits, well done to both of you. I just wish I could have voted for both. Maybe we can have Solar system and deep space categories in the future.
Keith aka M42
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Asturies
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Reged: 06/14/07
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I also enjoyed so much the rosette nebula, for two reasons, it's a very very nice image and intersted me so much because I have been looking for the accurate reducer-flattener for my 80mm Equinox and thanks to Soreneck I think I found it, thanks for the image Soreneck and the usefull information, BUT!!!...
With regard to the contest, nothing like being there, and Bart Declercq's walk on the Moon is AMAZING.
Rosette's image is my second one.
Could you tell me, please, which is the accurate distance you have found from the reducer to the chip of the 350D?
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Mr Proper
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Reged: 11/21/07
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My vote goes to Jeremy, with his fine sketch of comet Holmes. And along with that the very detailed information.
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Paul in VA
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Amazing entries. I was about to vote and saw the sketching option. I thought, I don't remember seeing a sketch! So I went back up and realized the comet was a sketch. I had assumed it was a photo. Amazing job, truly amazing.
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claudio38
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Welcome to the November 2007 Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest poll!
Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives the coveted Cloudy Nights t-shirt! At the conclusion of the poll, the entry with the highest total will be the winner of the contest..
Please choose your favorite out of all the images. This poll will remain open through November 15th at midnight EST.
Here are the entries for November!
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Glassthrower:
It was captured on October 20th, 2007 - 10:20pm CST, from Houma Louisiana. Other information regarding the equipment used is captioned in the photo.
Film Imaging's Finalist - AstroBobo:
Cygnus, three exposures, 2x25 min on Fuji Provia 400 + 1x50 min on Kodak E200. Medium format camera Pentax 6x7, Pentax Takumar 150mm lens @ f/5.6. Taken from Petrova Gora, Croatia.
Higher resolution and quality version is here
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - soreneck:
NGC2244 / The Rosette Nebula
Capture date: November 3
Scope: Equinox 80mm Apo @ f5 (0.8X WO flattener)
Mount: HEQ5 unguided
Camera: Modified Canon 350, ISO800, IDAS LPS P2 filter
Exposure: 60 minutes, 30x120sec lights, 12 darks, 10 flats
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
Larger version can be found here .
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Jared:
M42--The Orion Nebula
Jared Willson
November 23, 2007, Oakland, CA
Losmandy GM-8 Mount; FLT-110 APO @ f/6.5 (TEC); SBIG STL-11000; FLT field flattener; Astrodon LRG&B TrueBalance "I" filters
x3 three minute exposures luminance; x3 thirty second exposures luminance; x1 three minute exposure for each of RG&B
Internally guided and captured in Equinox Image; Calibration, error rejection, DDP, and color combine in MaximDL; Post processing in Photoshop CS2
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Bart Declercq:
Mosaic of Moretus/Clavius region - October 31st 2007 3h00 UT
Each of the 6 frames is a stack of 256/2500 frames at 1/30s exposure per frame.
Camera: DMK31AF
Telescope: Celestron C9.25
2x barlow extended to an effective x2.7 (so FL approx. 6.4m)
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Jeremy Perez:
Subject: Comet 17P / Holmes
Date/Time: November 7, 2007, 9:00 - 11:30 PM MST (November 8, 2007, 04:00 - 06:00 UT)
Observing Loc: Flagstaff, AZ - Home
Instrument: Orion XT8 (203 mm dia./1200 mm F/L)
Eyepieces: 32 mm Sirius Plössl (38X / 66 arc minute TFOV)
Conditions: Calm, intermittent high cirrus
Seeing: 4/10 Pickering
Transparency: Mag 6.0 NELM
As the comet has gotten larger, the outer envelope has become much less distinct. It shows up as a faint brightening near the inner envelope that fades imperceptibly into the background. The inner envelope has almost outgrown my 24 arc-minute wide 120X view. To the naked eye, it is a large, soft spot in Perseus. The binocular view is getting better as it moves closer to the Alpha Persei association and they fit in the field more comfortably.
Through both binoculars and low power telescopic views, the comet is a bluish green color. The pseudo nucleus is much less distinct, but still visible even at 38X. The inner envelope is now soft enough on the southeast side that this half displays a sort of blinking effect between direct and averted vision. The jellyfish appearance is still there, but now I can also see an ancient trilobite in the shape of the comet. The lumpy irregularities in the central condensation seem more spread out now, and had what looked like a cartoon saguaro cactus arrangement. At 38X, I noticed a bright extension flowing away from the axis of the central condensation, well outside of the soft inner envelope. Some softer fan-like extensions also seemed to peel away from the southeast and northwest sides of the inner envelope.
The sketch was created on Strathmore sketch paper, in a 3.5" sketch circle, using charcoal and graphite (2H & HB) with a chamois, blending stump and kneaded eraser. The sketch was scanned, inverted, adjusted for contrast, dust and scratches cleaned up with the clone tool, and uneven portions adjusted with dodge and burn tools. Color was added last.
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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bigbaldjoe
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Reged: 09/21/07
Posts: 71
Loc: Bethlehem, Georgia
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I just showed my middle schoolers these photos and let them decide which I should vote for. They didn't think it was possible for people to take photos like that in their backyards........neither did I.
Great work folks.
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Bart Declercq
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Reged: 01/21/07
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Loc: Haaltert, Belgium
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Although I'm not terribly experienced, I can say with total confidence that the Bart's shot is the sharpest I've seen by an amateur, of the moon.
Thanks all for the kind words! Those comments mean more to me then what my final "score" will be in the poll itself.
But on this mail, I have to say that my contest entry was a little limited by the contest conditions concerning dimensions and filesize of the image.
This is the original image on which the contest image is based, covering a bit more ground at a higher resolution.
Bart
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PhilG
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Reged: 01/27/05
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Loc: Denver, CO - USA
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I was about ready to cast my vote for Jared's M42 until I scrolled down to Barts lunar image. Very impressive! Looks like an Apollo shot.
What is the ground resolution of the image in m/pixel or km /pixel?
Phil
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Bart Declercq
super member
Reged: 01/21/07
Posts: 161
Loc: Haaltert, Belgium
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I was about ready to cast my vote for Jared's M42 until I scrolled down to Barts lunar image. Very impressive! Looks like an Apollo shot.
What is the ground resolution of the image in m/pixel or km /pixel?
Phil
Thanks, the original (link in the message above you) is at about 0.2" per pixel, which corresponds to roughly 400 meters per pixel. The poll image is roughly half that (so ~800m/pxl)
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ilias200400
newbie
Reged: 02/07/07
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Excellent images! Very hard to choose ...
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
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Loc: Hurricane Alley
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I'd like to welcome all of the newbies and first-time posters who replied in this thread. Thank for you kind words.
Welcome to Cloudy Nights and stick around. This handful of images is just a small representation of what our talented members can do. 
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glenncondie
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Reged: 03/17/07
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Loc: Laskay Observatory Canada
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WOW !! Barts the Man !
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DancesWithWords
journeyman
Reged: 05/01/07
Posts: 7
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Well I'm no expert, but I had had to give my vote to to the sketch. The detail was amazing. Though I also love the astrophotography stuff, great sketching for me is an awesome skill, and Jeremy did a super job of capturing the comet. Congrad'd Jeremy on a super job.
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