Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Beginning Imaging Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 knuklhdastnmr Pepperbelly Reged: 02/24/05 Posts: 3495 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions       #2495787 - 07/02/08 04:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post your image of Lunar Crater Aristoteles here. Post any comments on these images in Rules and Comments. Submissions shall close at Midnight EDT on July 31st. Please submit only one entry. If you have submitted and entry and want to change it, please PM one of your moderators. [Tip: Our level of bonhomie is directly proportional to the amount of time remaining to the close of submissions and inversely proportional to the number of clowns that want to change their entries.] [Next tip:(aren't we helpful) There were significant changes to the rules beginning with the July 2008 contests. It would be a very good idea to check the Rules and Comments thread, the link is above.] -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Post Extras:       Richard Scott professor emeritus Reged: 07/25/06 Posts: 706 Loc: Tampa FL Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2511823 - 07/10/08 10:42 PM Attachment (26 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Imaged through my C11 at prime using a SSDSI Color .004 seconds through a cheap moon filter. Then some Nebulosity and Photoshop Richard -------------------- 11” Celestron XLT SCT Orion ED80 APO CG-5 GEM JMI NGF-CM Focuser Orion SSDSI Meade DSI Pro an assortment of 1.25” & 2" stuff all tucked inside the Blue Moon Observatory http://tinyurl.com/29b9wn Basically more scope than my abilities warrant "I know I can never look upon the stars without wondering why the whole world does not become astronomers." Thomas Wright Edited by Richard Scott (07/10/08 10:59 PM) Post Extras:       Jerry3672 Vendor - Quantum Astronomy Products Reged: 01/20/08 Posts: 270 Loc: Lexington NC Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: Richard Scott]       #2514604 - 07/12/08 11:36 AM Attachment (21 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Meade LXD-75 SN8 Sony H7 Afocal Digi-T adapter 70 subs stacked in registax. -------------------- Meade LXD75-SN-8 DSI Pro Sony H7 Canon XSi 450D unmod www.spike-a.com Edited by Jerry3672 (07/13/08 01:43 PM) Post Extras:       phil piburn super member Reged: 07/15/06 Posts: 166 Loc: Kansas City Mo Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2515457 - 07/12/08 07:28 PM Attachment (19 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here goes nothing. This is my very first one. Taken last month thru the eyepiece 9mm Burgess on a Stellarvue 80mm Nighthawk with a Fuji F-30 camera. 1/250 sec. 200 ISO Post Extras:       DaemonGPF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/22/08 Posts: 1117 Loc: New Mexico Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions *DELETED* [Re: phil piburn]       #2516265 - 07/13/08 11:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post deleted by knuklhdastnmr -------------------- -Josh *Orion Starblast Imaging 150mm OTA *Orion Starblast Imaging 114mm OTA *Meade 50mm AR short tube OTA *Meade DSI Pro IIc *Orion Starshoot DSCI *CG5 mount http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html My AP Gallery Edited by DaemonGPF (07/15/08 08:46 PM) Post Extras:       centus member Reged: 06/12/07 Posts: 61 Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: DaemonGPF]       #2516672 - 07/13/08 03:29 PM Attachment (22 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my shot at it, taken tonight (13th of July) through my 6" Newt with an SPC900NC webcam. Stacked about 64 frames out of 1000 with Registax, did some post processing in GIMP: Post Extras:       fishmagnet sage Reged: 12/11/07 Posts: 256 Loc: Satellite Beach Fla Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2540013 - 07/25/08 02:58 AM Attachment (9 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Aristoteles crater top center with Eudoxus crater below and Burg crater to the right. Imaged from Satellite Beach Florida on 7/9/08 with a Philips TouCam PCVC 740K through a Vixen ED 103S refractor and a Meade 3X Telenegative Barlow. Consists of 347 AVI frames alinged and stacked in Registax 4.0. Unsharp mask, resize and color balance applied in Photoshop CS3. *****John -------------------- Vixen ED 103S refractor Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr Astro-Tech AT66ED SBIG ST-10E CFW-8 Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD Atik filter wheel Philips PCVC 740K ToUcam Registax 4.0 Photoshop CS3 MaxIm DL4 The Sky 6 Astro-Lab Roxy Member Brevard Astronomical Society "Starin' at the stars in a distant galaxy; wonderin' if there's someone out there starin' back at me!" Fountains of Wayne Edited by fishmagnet (07/27/08 11:50 PM) Post Extras:       zAmbonii super member Reged: 01/19/08 Posts: 190 Loc: Ypsilanti, MI Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: fishmagnet]       #2541851 - 07/26/08 12:12 AM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Since fishmagnet and I imaged on the same night 7/9/08, I guess I have to do something different Details: Imaged with Philips SPC900NC webcam on a C6-N with 3x Orion Trimag Barlow. Best 200 frames multipoint stacked with Registax. Deconvolution with AstraImage. Highpass filter plus slight curves adjustment in PSCS3. White balance was definitely off but I liked the color and decided to keep it...so here it is: Blood moon -------------------- Celestron C6-N 150mm f/5 Newt Meade 70AZ-Z Edited by zAmbonii (07/26/08 12:15 AM) Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 6429 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: July 08 Beginner Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: zAmbonii]       #2553952 - 08/01/08 06:44 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are closed. Good luck in the contest! Charlie -------------------- Weston CSC: Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 9 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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