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 Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions       #2674252 - 10/01/08 02:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post your image of Sinus Iridium here. Post any comments on these images in Rules and Comments. Submissions shall close at Midnight EDT on October 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:       phil piburn super member Reged: 07/15/06 Posts: 172 Loc: Kansas City Mo Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2674990 - 10/01/08 08:18 PM Attachment (18 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   OK, I will go first. Fuji F-30 camera shooting thru eyepiece 80mm refractor 9mm BO/TMB eyepiece ISO 200 250/1000 sec. Post Extras:       droid rocketman Reged: 08/29/04 Posts: 3122 Loc: ohio Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: phil piburn]       #2675307 - 10/01/08 11:15 PM Attachment (13 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   through a 102mm refractor , with a 17mm plossl, and a HP point and shoot 2.1mp digital point and shoot camera, afocally. I did gray scale and sharpen in paint shop pro. -------------------- andy Post Extras:       Stingray member Reged: 09/18/08 Posts: 16 Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: droid]       #2695619 - 10/12/08 11:00 PM Attachment (7 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Camera: Imaging Source DFK41AU Scope:SN-8 Meade Image: 200 Frames stacked in Registax Post: Microsoft Picture-it Post Extras:       Adrena1in sage Reged: 09/02/07 Posts: 275 Loc: Hampshire, UK Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2696950 - 10/13/08 04:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My attempt. Shot through my Phenix 1200mm f/9.5 achromatic refractor, then using a 25mm eyepiece projection arrangement for the magnified inlay. Canon EOS DSLR, focussed with Live View and using a Fringe Killer. 42 images stacked. Final result converted to B&W and adjusted the contrast and midtones. (Not sure how necessary the stacking process was, and I'm thinking I should have left off the text, but hey, it's there now, and it's my first attempt at an image like this. Hope you like it.) -------------------- 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:       swcrawford member Reged: 06/15/08 Posts: 23 Loc: Western Tennessee, USA Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: knuklhdastnmr]       #2697796 - 10/13/08 11:41 PM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My first contest entry [be gentle ]. Taken on October 10th with an un-modded Phillips SPC900 through a Meade 10 inch LX200 EMC classic at f/10 on an Atlas EQ-G, manually guided (perfect alignments are still a little beyond me yet). QCFocus used for capture, WcCtrl used to adjust exposure, framerate etc. 771 of 2000 frames stacked in Registax 4 with multiple alignment points. Good transparency, poor seeing. Histogram stretched and sharpened in Photoshop CS3. -------------------- 10" LX200 EMC ST-80 Atlas EQ-G mount ETX125PE Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D [unmodified] Phillips SPC900NC [unmodified] Meade DSI 2 color Homebuilt Portable Power Supply Post Extras:       Fusion sage Reged: 01/27/08 Posts: 321 Loc: Amory, MS, USA Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions *DELETED* [Re: swcrawford]       #2701713 - 10/16/08 02:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post deleted by Fusion -------------------- Lee Celestron Nexstar 8SE Orion 80mm Shorttube Piggybacked on the CG-5 ASGT Mount Meade DSIc Phillips SPC900NC/00 QHY8 on the way. Post Extras:       twosox journeyman Reged: 09/03/08 Posts: 8 Loc: blackpool Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: Fusion]       #2701755 - 10/16/08 04:44 AM Attachment (6 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taken this September when testing my Atik camera, 30 frames stacked in registax and tweaked in photoshop. Moon was a bit low and suffered a lot of heat haze coming from the roofs opposite me, the scope also fogged up slightly. -------------------- --------------------------------------- 14" meade lx200gps. Atik 1HSII ccd. spc900nc ccd 3" F3.5 finder with 0.5 focal reducer. --------------------------------------- Post Extras:       Fusion sage Reged: 01/27/08 Posts: 321 Loc: Amory, MS, USA Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: twosox]       #2704525 - 10/17/08 05:09 PM Attachment (5 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I guess I'll give it a go. SPC900NC 8SE at f/10 Best 1000/3500 frames process in Registax Seeing - 3/5 slight haze I deleted my first entry after a reprocess. -------------------- Lee Celestron Nexstar 8SE Orion 80mm Shorttube Piggybacked on the CG-5 ASGT Mount Meade DSIc Phillips SPC900NC/00 QHY8 on the way. Post Extras:       knuklhdastnmr Pepperbelly Reged: 02/24/05 Posts: 3579 Loc: Beerpuddle, Colorado Re: Oct. Bright Challenge Submissions [Re: Fusion]       #2729361 - 11/01/08 07:22 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are now closed. -------------------- Knucklhead Astronomer Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 14 registered and 11 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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