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: 3562 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest       #2549824 - 07/30/08 07:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post your image of "Jovian Moons, the more the better" here. Post any comments on these images in Rules and Comments. Submissions shall close at Midnight EDT on August 31st. Please submit only one entry. If you have submitted and entry and want to change it, first try the edit function. It is available for three days after the original post. After that please PM one of your moderators. [Tip: There were significant changes to the rules beginning with the July 2008 contests and again in August 2008. It would be a very good idea to check the Rules and Comments thread, the link is above.] -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Post Extras:       jgw12936 sage Reged: 03/28/07 Posts: 342 Loc: The Woodlands, TX Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2552148 - 07/31/08 10:00 AM Attachment (18 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   OK, I'll go first. This was my second attempt at Jupiter. This one has the Europa transit. DMK21AF04.AS, Orion Filter wheel and filters, 1 min each RGB, 30FPS Processed with Registax, Images Plus, Astra Imax and PS C8, 2X Powermate Edited by jgw12936 (08/01/08 02:07 PM) Post Extras:       DaemonGPF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/22/08 Posts: 1428 Loc: New Mexico Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: jgw12936]       #2553088 - 07/31/08 06:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's the best I have at the moment, specs listed in the pic. -------------------- -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 Messier Project Gallery Post Extras:       Richard Scott professor emeritus Reged: 07/25/06 Posts: 708 Loc: Tampa FL Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: DaemonGPF]       #2558077 - 08/03/08 06:24 PM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I’m no good at waiting till the end of the month to post… Jupiter and his four big ones Orion SSDSI, C11 and CG-5 Imaged at F/20 Stack of 100 at .04 sec. for Jupiter and 10 at 2 seconds for the moons Nebulosity then 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 (08/03/08 06:25 PM) Post Extras:       phil piburn super member Reged: 07/15/06 Posts: 172 Loc: Kansas City Mo Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: Richard Scott]       #2558515 - 08/03/08 10:48 PM Attachment (21 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well here's mine. Fuji F-30 digital camera thru the 4mm eyepiece on a 80mm Stellarvue refractor ISO 800 50/100 sec. Post Extras:       Jerry3672 Vendor - Quantum Astronomy Products Reged: 01/20/08 Posts: 279 Loc: Lexington NC Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: phil piburn]       #2560364 - 08/04/08 08:18 PM Attachment (24 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my Jovian moon Image Jupiter was imaged with a Sony H7 Digital camera with an afocal adapter from CNC supply on a 40mm eyepiece. The moons were imaged with a DSI-pro. 1X 60 second sub. Combined in photoshop. I used a layer mask to remove the over exposed Jupiter in the DSI layer. -------------------- Meade LXD75-SN-8 DSI Pro Sony H7 Canon XSi 450D unmod www.spike-a.com Post Extras:       NyxAither scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 09/11/07 Posts: 765 Loc: Arlington VA Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: Jerry3672]       #2595659 - 08/21/08 04:40 PM Attachment (13 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful Images Everyone! Jupiter 8.20.08 Jupiter: 400 frames stacked in Registax Moons: 1/5 second exposure Scope: Dobsonian XT8i Camera: SPC900NC Location: My driveway, Washington DC -------------------- Thomas Orion XT8i Orion 80-T Refractor CG5 GoTo Mount w/ COL Meade DSI II Color Meade DSI (THANKS TODD N!!!) Orion 4.5" Imaging Reflector Laptop: Trusty Mac osX Powerbook G4 Early 1960's Gilbert 3" astronomical telescope 10x50 binoculars SPC900NC ..::*~*Clear Skies*~*::.. Post Extras:       fishmagnet sage Reged: 12/11/07 Posts: 268 Loc: Satellite Beach Fla Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2610502 - 08/28/08 07:52 PM Attachment (6 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This image was captured from my home in Satellite Beach Florida at 11:17 pm EDST on 7/10/08. I used a Vixen ED 103S refractor and a Takahashi EM-11 Temma II Jr mount. I shot the image at f/23.1 with a 3X Meade Telenegative Barlow and a Philips PCVC 740K TouCam. The image consists of 397 of 932 frames from an AVI shot at 15 fps. Image was aligned and stacked in Registax 4.0 with color balance, resize, and smart-sharpen performed in Photoshop CS3. Satellites from left to right are Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. I took my first ever astro-image on 8/26/07. *****John -------------------- Vixen ED 103S refractor Celestron C8 SCT Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr Astro-Tech AT66ED SBIG ST-10E CFW-8 Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD Atik filter wheel JMI Robofocus 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 (08/30/08 04:32 PM) Post Extras:       knuklhdastnmr Pepperbelly Reged: 02/24/05 Posts: 3562 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado Re: August '08 Beginner Challenge Contest [Re: fishmagnet]       #2616079 - 09/01/08 12:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are now closed. -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 4 registered and 6 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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