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Charlie Hein
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I inadvertantly included last month's semi-finalist in the Film Forum - I have pulled the previous poll and substituted the correct line-up in its place. CH
Welcome to the April 2008 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 May 15th at midnight EDT.
Here are the entries for April!
Beginning Imaging's Finalist - David Culp:
This is M51 + a number of faint fuzzies nearby - 3 hours in 2 min, 4 min, and 5 min subs. Shot with a Meade SN-8 with a Baader MPCC and IDAS LPR and guided with a Meade DSI on an AT66.
Film Astrophotography's Finalist - Nightfly:
Antares Region. May 3, 2008 3:00 AM Pentax 67 with 165mm F/2.8 stopped down to f/4 riding atop a Meade 2080 manually guided. 30 minutes exposure on Kodak E200 film push processed +1 stop. Scanned on an Epson 4490. Processed in Adobe PS and PixInsight LE
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Igor Chekalin:
Cygnus Hydrogen 2x2 mosaic. Images were taken during 4 nights in March and April 2008 from my balcony (in center of 300k pop. town, Vis. lim ~4m)
20 + 20 + 23 + 20 frames. 5 min expositions (total exposition 7 hours), ISO1600 @ T=+9C
Canon 350D(a) (baader filter mod)
Nikkor 180/2.8 ED (with Canon EOS adapter)
Astrodon 6nm H-alpha (1.25" fixed on the back of objective via cardboard-tape-glue technology )
Mount EQ6-PRO Syn Scan. Guided with QHY-6 ccd and 75mm refractor.
Stars removed using mask, based on High-pass in Photoshop
Colors are artificial. Initial calibration and processing - Iris.
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - dietmar:
NGC3718 + NGC3729 + Hickson 56 group
Location: 35 km north of Linz
Date: (10.2.+24.2.08-60min)+29.3.2008- seeing 7-8/10; transp. 9-10/10
Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/9 Lum; f/7 OSC
CCD: SXV H16 L: 27x10 min; SXVF M25C 27x10 min
Software: AstroArt4 image acqu. guiding, preprocessing: Maxim DL; Registax; CCD sharp
Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 and Pix InSight LE
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - rumples riot:
Jupiter
Taken 1738 UT on the 28 April 2008
Peltier cooled C14
Skynyx 2-0
12,651mm FL.
Processed in Registax 4, Astra Image and Photoshop CS2
750 frames per channel from avi's of 1300.
40 seconds per avi.
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Acheron:
Messier 101
GSO 300D - 12" f/5 Dobson Newtonian Reflector
Baader Hyperion 13 mm - 115x
27 April 2008 - 20:30 to 21:30 UT
Sketched from Petrova gora at 500m above mean sea level, Croatia
A4 150gr paper, graphite pencil
Scanned with Canon Lide25 and processed in Photoshop CS2
Good Luck to all our finalists!
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Beginning Imaging's Finalist - David Culp:
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Film Astrophotography's Finalist - Nightfly:
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DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Igor Chekalin:
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CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - dietmar:
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Solar System Imaging's Finalist - rumples riot:
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Sketching Forum's Finalist - Acheron:
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RickR
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wow as always great job guys and good luck
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Greg K.
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Posts: 11531
Loc: Clifton Park, NY
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Outstanding work, everybody. 
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Astro-Tech AT111EDT f/7 - Celestron CGEM
NexStar 11 GPS
Orion SkyView Pro 8EQ (w/ Autostar mod)
15x70 Celestron SkyMasters
Orion 90mm Mak
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DeepSpaceViews
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Posts: 40
Loc: Philadelphia, PA
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All of the entries are Excellent!! Thank you for sharing them.
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Takahashi FRC-300 12" 2348mm F/7.8
Tak FSQ-106N 4" 500mm F/5
Tak FS-78 3" 630mm F/8.1
Tak EM-500 Capacity 90/120 lbs
Apogee U16M CCD Camera & AI-FW50 7S Filter Wheel
SBIG ST-402 CCD
FLI PDF Focuser
Astrodon 50mm Square Filters L,R,G,B & H-alpha 5nm, Sulfur II 5nm, Oxygen III 3nm
www.DeepSpaceViews.com
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soreneck
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/01/06
Posts: 920
Loc: Toronto, Canada
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I always have a tough time choosing in these contests, but this month it's particularly hard! Took me over 5 minutes to decide.
On a separate note, I haven't seen a Film astrophoto that was quite so impressive in a long time.
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Adam
WO 110 FLT / WO 66 Triplet
QHY9 / Modified Canon 450D
SkyWatcher EQ-6 Pro
Backyard (urban) roll-off observatory
One small but fearless dog (observing companion)
my astrophotos on flickr
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lineman_16735
Tak-o-holic
Reged: 12/04/04
Posts: 2604
Loc: Central PA
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bummer we can't see the Pentax 67 image in full res
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Chris
A mount from Illinois
A scope from Japan
A camera from Cal-I-Fornia
A dog from Kentucky
A wife and kids from the "Twilight Zone"
The Geek Shed
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Nebhunter
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Reged: 10/04/03
Posts: 1260
Loc: Frostbite Falls
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I am really impressed with the high quality level of these images. The bar has been raised by everyone. Ditto on the film entry, although it pales compared to the original.
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The StarGeezer
Those who trade liberty for security have neither. ~John Adams
TEC 140 (Katyusha) & F/F - Equinox 80 - Losmandy G11/Gemini - ST-4 guider. PENTAX 67ii - 400(EDif) & siblings. I shoot FILM.
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M A S
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Posts: 13
Loc: Manchester UK
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Just great to see such powerful work, well done to one and all.
Anthony W Cross
Manchester Astronomical Society. UK
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