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raydar
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Hi Cloudy Nights Members,
We are holding a competition to see who can image a couple of tiny objects moving at about 5 miles per second. 
This October, Atlantis will be meeting Hubble high above the Earth for a servicing mission.
We are having a competition for this event. We want a photo of Atlantis cruising alongside Hubble.
This is no easy feat, but compared to repairing Hubble, it's a walk in the cosmic park. So please put the deep space and solar system objects away for one week and help us pay tribute to Hubble's achievements.
Our judges are
Chris Lintott (Sky at Night)
Sir Patrick Moore (Sky at Night)
Tom Trusock (Cloudy Nights)
Jerry Bonnell (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
Phil Harrington (Phil Harrington.net)
Jerry Lodriguss (Astropix.com)
We have a DFK 21AU04.AS Imaging Source one shot colour camera as our prize for first place.
Second prize will be 2 hours of telescope time at Global Rent A Scope or GRAS
There are three categories, only the Up Close and Personal category has the prize for first place. This may change so keep checking back here.
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Three categories, from hardest to easiest.
The first category being
“Up Close and Personal” – Requirements - To try and capture details of Hubble or Atlantis such as solar panels, shape of orbiter or other)
Second category -
“Wide-field Guided” - Requirements – Perform a guided wide-field photo with Hubble and Atlantis streaking across the frame.
Final Category -
“Wide-field unguided (star trails)” – Requirements – To capture a beautiful star trail scene with Atlantis and Hubble streaking across the frame.
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Rules
All equipment used is to be listed.
Time and geographical location is also to be listed.
Entries are to be posted on MyAstroSpace.com in the Atlantis / Hubble Imaging Competition Section that will be created just a few days before the mission on October the 6th.
All images must be taken by the person entering the image and must be taken of the October 2008 Shuttle Atlantis Repair Mission.
You'll need to be a member at MyAstroSpace.com to post your entry/s. Sign up here.
Composite images are welcome, though judges may lean toward a more natural image.
Judges reserve the right to exclude any image for any reason
I have started a thread in the Video Astrophotography section on MyAstroSpace.com where members can either learn tips and tricks on spacecraft photography or offer some advice.
http://www.myastrospace.com/forums/showthread.php?p=14017#post14017
We have been getting feedback from other online communities that their members may form groups for this competition, so if a few of you want to form a Cloudy Nights Team, then great. Not sure how we'd split the prize up for that though.
Stay tuned, more information coming soon.
Cheers
Ray
The competition thread at MyAstroSpace.com is below (same as this thread)
http://www.myastrospace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1844
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swalker
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Interesting...
too bad that eliminates many of us who can't see the hubble from our latitudes :-(
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Ralf Vandebergh
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Very good point Sean!!
Edited by Ralf Vandebergh (08/07/08 04:37 PM)
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raydar
professor emeritus
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Posts: 679
Loc: Perth Western Australia
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Interesting...
too bad that eliminates many of us who can't see the hubble from our latitudes :-(
Yes, unlike other competitions, there are some that won't be able to take part. Those that can take part may only get one opportunity and that could easily be clouded out or ruined by wind etc. So I imagine right from the get go Nature is already going knock some of us out of this competition.
This is a tribute competition, an event created to put a focus on Hubble for the month of October. There are still many people that have no idea what Hubble is or what she has achieved, so we are hoping that this competition will help create awareness of Hubble's work.
For those that can't enter, we hope you still enjoy watching the entries come in and enjoy the stories of what went into photographing this difficult target.
Ray
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Cosmotography Clip
Takahashi Epsilon 160
Losmandy G-11
SBIG ST4
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Tom Trusock
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After the images I've seen of the ISS the last few years, I am really looking forward to seeing what folks can come up with.
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FoxK
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Me too...unfortuneately, Hubble never gets above 15° here but looking forward to seeing other folk's results.
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