Telescope Reviews: Jul08 DSO Challenge Poll!

We are very pleased and proud to present the July 2008 entries in the Beginning Imaging DSO Challenge. The poll will close on August 8 at Midnight. The winner will be announced at our earliest opportunity after the poll has closed.

Here are July's entries (NGC7023, the Iris Nebula)!

Jerry3672:

LXD75-SN8
Meade DSI-pro
3- 2min subs Luminance
1 2min each sub for RGB
LRGB,Levels, and curves in photoshop

Eddy:

Image data:

Scope: TSA102
CCD: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Guider: Starlight Xpress SXV on ZS80FD
Mount: EM200 Temma II

19 x 10 min subs for Lum, 12 x 5 min subs for RGB acquired in MaximDL

Calibration, Registering, Sigma Data Reject in MaximDL

Combined color, curves, Levels and Noel Carboni's space noise reduction tool in Photoshop CS2

John Wunderlin:

7x4mins, 3 darks
Losmandy G11
Orion ED80
Canon 350d ISO 1600
Guided with LX50/Orion Starshoot DSCI
Processed with Nebulosity and Photoshop ES5

zAmbonii:

101 x 1 minute subs unguided. 30/30/30 dark/flat/darkflats
Celestron C6-N, CG-4 mount
Canon 300D unmodded
Stacked in Iris, straight addition
Curves, gradient removal, noise reduction in PS CS3

Gobart:

Iris nebula, NGC 7023
Taken on July, 29, 2008. from by backyard obs. in Cakovec, Croatia.
Newtonian 8" F/5, Baader 2" MPCC
Skywatcher EQ6 SynScan Pro, QHY2Pro CCD
Total exposure: 85 minutes (10x3 and 11x5 minutes)
DSS, PixInsight LE, Photoshop 7, Noiseware Professional.
Only luminance for now, the colours have to wait for the clear skies...

Congratulations and good luck to each entrant!

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Which Image is our Winner?
Users may choose only one (52 total votes)

Jerry3672:

2 03%

Eddy:

34 65%

John Wunderlin:

0 0%

zAmbonii:

7 13%

Gobart:

9 17%

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