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: 3579 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado Sept DSO Challenge       #2616098 - 09/01/08 12:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post your image of NGC7635 and M52, in a single widefield image here. Post any comments on these images in Rules and Comments. Submissions shall close at Midnight EDT on September 30th. 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.]]Rules and Comments.[/url] Please submit only one entry. -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Edited by knuklhdastnmr (09/01/08 02:07 PM) Post Extras:       John Wunderlin Vendor - Spike-a Focusing Mask Reged: 10/01/04 Posts: 351 Loc: Mineral Point, Wi Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2632096 - 09/09/08 04:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my take from 9-9-2008 Canon 350d unmod ED80 on Losmandy G11 Guided with Starshoot DSCI/LX50-10"/PHD Focused with Spike-a focusing mask Acquired and stacked in Nebulosity 10x5 min subs, 4 darks, ISO 1600 Processed in Photoshop Essentials -------------------- John Wunderlin Vendor - Spike-a Focusing Mask Empire Ranch Observatory Iowa County Astronomers Edited by John Wunderlin (09/09/08 04:45 AM) Post Extras:       Jerry3672 Vendor - Quantum Astronomy Products Reged: 01/20/08 Posts: 294 Loc: Lexington NC Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: John Wunderlin]       #2655511 - 09/21/08 08:45 PM Attachment (18 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Meade LXD75 SN8 Unguided Canon XSi Unmod 10x2 min Registax Photoshop CS3 -------------------- Meade LXD75-SN-8 C11 DSI Pro Sony H7 Canon XSi 450D unmod www.spike-a.com Post Extras:       Darren1968 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/04/05 Posts: 766 Loc: Ontario, Canada Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: Jerry3672]       #2656590 - 09/22/08 02:02 PM Attachment (14 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's mine: Date: 08/30/2008 Skywatcher ED80 f/7.5 EQ-6 Pro mount guided with PHD Canon 300D 27 x 3min exposures @ ISO800, darks subtracted Stacked in DSS, processed in PS CS Thanks Darren -------------------- GSO 8" f/4 Newt. Skywatcher 80ED Pro Meade ETX-125 5"Mak Mount: EQ6 Pro Canon 300D homepage: http://home.cogeco.ca/~dpursel ToUcam Pro II Post Extras:       David Rosenthal Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/23/06 Posts: 1201 Loc: Midland Park, NJ Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2657421 - 09/22/08 09:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my first attempt at this beautiful object. Shot on 9.19, 9.21 and 9.21 under moon filled skies. Self Modified 400D on an ED80 + WO 0.8X FR/FF Type II SVP Goto 66SD + DSI + PHD Guided 40 by 240 seconds ISO 800 exposures 20 miles NW of New York City Astronomik CLS Clip and Baader UV/IR Cut Filters Calibrated [30B, 30D, 30F] and Sigma Clip stacked in Maxim DL Processed in PSCS2 with Noel Carboni's Actions and Gradient XTerminator Also in this frame are M52, G 2050, NGC 7538 and NGC 7510 -------------------- David Rosenthal | Midland Park, NJ My Image Gallery LX90 8" + Feathertouch | Orion ED80 | WO ZS66SD Orion SVP [SynScan + GPUSB] Self Modded 400D | DSI Pro | SPC900NC 5000 26mm, Hyperion 17mm, TV 11mm Post Extras:       Gregk scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 11/19/06 Posts: 954 Loc: Gilbert Arizona Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2657858 - 09/23/08 02:40 AM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My Try 90 minutes 2 minutes x 45 Canon Xt Moded ISO 800 Celestron 80 Ed Orion Sky GLow Filter Guided with PHD and DSI Greg -------------------- www.azspaceblog.com/ SkyWatccher EQ-6 Goto mount Celestron ED80 Piggy back with william Optics 66mm APO Meade LX-50 Piggy Back with william Optics 66mm APO Celestron ED80 Piggy back with Canon Xt Edited by Gregk (09/23/08 02:45 AM) Post Extras:       Adrena1in sage Reged: 09/02/07 Posts: 275 Loc: Hampshire, UK Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: Gregk]       #2662173 - 09/25/08 09:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, compared to everyone else's, my effort is really quite amateurish, but I'll post it anyway. Taken between around 10:30pm and midnight on September the 20th, South East UK, imaged through Phenix D102 600mm Achromat with Canon EOS 450D, Autoguided with Orion ST80 400mm and Meade DSI-C using PHD Guiding. Camera was set to take 25 2-minute exposures at ISO 1600, but sadly only four came out with just about no drift or error, so this was all I stacked in DeepSkyStacker, along with five dark files. Processed a little in Google Picasa. (Hope this works...I've spent ages cropping and re-saving to get below the 100kb limit.) -------------------- Phenix 102mm f/5.9, Phenix 127mm f/9.5 and Orion ST80 f/5 refractors on EQ5 with GOTOStar Phillips SPC900NC, Meade DSI-C, Canon EOS 450D with 18-55mm IS, 28-105mm and 75-300mm plus 2x TC Post Extras:       FarmerDave sage Reged: 09/07/07 Posts: 381 Loc: Northern Virginia Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2662180 - 09/25/08 09:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   25 x 5 min subs @ ISO800 Unmodified 40D Orion 80-ED w/WO FF/FR II Guided with PHD using a DSI Pro I on a no-name ST-80 Mounted side by side on a ADM dual saddle on my Orion Atlas Framing and focus and fine focus with Nebulosity Captured with the EOS Utility Stacked in DSS with flats, darks, flat darks, and bias Levels and Curves in PS CS3, with a wee touch of the Carboni actions North is to the left, more or less David -------------------- Celestron C6/C9.25/CG-5GT Mount Orion 80ED/EON 72/Supercharged Atlas EQ-G Garrett Optical Signature Series 10x50 Canon XTi (soon to be modded)/Canon 40D (unmodded) Meade DSI/Meade DSI Pro/Philips SPC900N 1944 Ford 2N/1948 Ford 8N Bahtinov Mask Generator * AstroCataLink * 40DShutterCount Edited by FarmerDave (09/25/08 01:05 PM) Post Extras:       Bob Moore professor emeritus Reged: 04/07/06 Posts: 543 Loc: New York Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2668781 - 09/28/08 09:04 PM Attachment (6 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ok here's my image of NGC7635 and M52 taken on 9/23/08. 8 X 8 minute exposures were captured through a 6nm Astronomik Hydrogen Alpha filter using a QSI-532 CCD camera and a Vexin R200ss F4 scope on a G11 mount, auto-guided via PHD and a Meade DSI Pro II. Image acquisition was done in Maxim DL Post processing was performed in AIP4WIN and Photoshop CS2. GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE Bob -------------------- R.A.C. Advisory Committee NEAIC Co-Chairman NEAF Advisory Committee http://deer-pond-observatorie.wetpaint.com/ Warwick, New York 41.15984 -74.2541 Losmandy G11/Gemini TAKAHASHI MT-160 10" F4.5 Newt Vixen R200ss Orion Starblast Astro Tech 80 ED Astro Tech 66 ED Coronado PST H alpha ToUcam pro,& DSI Pro II, SX MX716,QSI 532 Edited by Bob Moore (09/28/08 09:15 PM) Post Extras:       MartyT professor emeritus Reged: 09/28/07 Posts: 549 Loc: Kansas City Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: Bob Moore]       #2673176 - 09/30/08 11:01 PM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my entry... Size is a little smaller than 800x800 to preserve image quality. The 100k file size limit is really constraining... Captured 9/26/08 at ASKC Dark Sky Site 21 x 360 sec @ ISO 800 30 x 360 sec flats, 30 darks, 30 bias Self-Modified Canon 350D / Baader UV/IR filter William Optics Megrez 90 & 0.8x FR/FF III PHD Guiding / DSI Pro / C-11 @ f/3.3 on a CGE mount DeepSky Stacker, PhotoShop CS2, Carboni's astronomy actions This is a central crop from the full frame, which is posted here in all it's glory: http://www.pbase.com/martyt/image/103911230/original -------------------- Celestron CGE / C-11 (CGE-1100) Megrez 90 FD APO / 0.8x FR/FF vIII QHY8, DSI Pro (guider), SPC900NC ETX-125AT 12" Lightbridge My Astrophoto Gallery Astronomical Society of Kansas City Edited by MartyT (09/30/08 11:03 PM) Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 6581 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Sept DSO Challenge [Re: MartyT]       #2673555 - 10/01/08 06:55 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are closed - best of luck in the contest! 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