Telescope Reviews: September DSO Poll

We are very pleased and proud to present the September 2008 entries in the DSO Challenge. The poll will close on October 12 at midnight EDT. The winner shall be announced at our earliest opportunity after the poll has closed.

Here are September's entries!

John Wunderlin
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

Jerry3672
Meade LXD75 SN8
Unguided
Canon XSi Unmod
10x2 min Registax
Photoshop CS3

Darren1968[/image]
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

David Rosenthal
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

Gregk
90 minutes 2 minutes x 45
Canon Xt Moded
ISO 800
Celestron 80 Ed
Orion Sky GLow Filter
Guided with PHD and DSI

Greg

Adrena1in
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.

FarmerDave

* 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

Bob Moore
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

MartyT
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

Choose your favorite image
You may choose only one

John Wunderlin

Jerry3672

Darren1968

David Rosenthal

Gregk

Adrenal1in

FarmerDave

Bob Moore

MartyT

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