· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    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] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 7961 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions!       #3370257 - 10/04/09 09:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Please post your images of IC1805 and IC1848 - The Heart and Soul Nebulae here. Please post any comments on these images in the Rules and Comments thread. -------------------- "He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy Weston CSC: Post Extras:       moladso member Reged: 01/24/08 Posts: 47 Loc: Spain Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3371372 - 10/04/09 07:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Scope: GSO 8" f/4 reflector Optics: Baader MPCC coma corrector, Baader Ha 7nm filter Camera: Canon 350D modified (no IR cut filter) Mount: Meade LXD75, guided with 60/350 scope and Meade DSI. Exposures: 16x600sec (2.7hours), 800ISO. Taken from: Madrid (Spain), oct/2/2009 (click image to enlarge) Full details of this picture in my personal web page at http://www.castillosdesoria.com/astropics/imagen.asp?id=1&seccion=1&id_prod=223 Regards, Jaime -------------------- Post Extras:       GeorgeNC Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/26/07 Posts: 1119 Loc: Land of the Sky, North Carolin... Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3374230 - 10/06/09 10:32 AM Attachment (45 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Image: Heart and Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia IC-1805 and IC-1848 Date of Imaging: 07 Sept 2009 Camera: Canon 40D (Hap Griffin Modified) Lens: 200mm f/2.8L @ f/2.8 Filter: Astronomik Ha 13nm Clip-in Autoguide: 80mm Stellarvue Nighthawk II w/ SSAG & PHD Mount: CGEM Light Frames: 15 - 210second subs @ iso1600 Dark Frames: 10 Flat Frames: 10 Stacking: DSS Processing: PhotoShop CS3 and AstroTools Conditions: Waning Gibbous Moon, 79.33% full -------------------- Celestron C11 on CGE Mount Stellarvue 80mm Nighthawk II W.O. Flt110 on CGEM Canon 40D (Hap Griffin modified) Orion StarShoot Autoguider Post Extras:       Igor super member Reged: 04/20/06 Posts: 125 Loc: Croatia Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3376013 - 10/07/09 07:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Date: 28/07/2009. Place: Island Krk (Adriatic Sea) Camera: Baader modified Canon EOS 350D Lens: Jupiter 37A 135/3.5 @f4 Exposure: 10x480s ISO1600 Filter: Astronomik CLS Mount: EQ3 -------------------- GSO 250/f5 dob Skywatcher Explorer 130p @ EQ3 Baader modified 350D and bunch of old M42 lenses Post Extras:       Dav member Reged: 10/11/06 Posts: 31 Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3397585 - 10/19/09 08:24 AM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Average 18 exposures 7 min @ 800ISO Modded Canon 350D + Pentax 75 SDHF 5 dark 15 flat 11 Bias Processing Maxim DL + Photoshop Site: Lignan (Italy) m. 1675 m slm Cheers Davide Edited by Dav (10/19/09 08:25 AM) Post Extras:       Gardner professor emeritus Reged: 01/19/04 Posts: 678 Loc: New Hampshire Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3401194 - 10/20/09 10:21 PM Attachment (22 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   IC 1848 46 x 180 sec ISO 1600 Canon 350D Baader UV/IR mod Takahashi FSQ-106N @ f/5 Losmandy G11 Gemini Calibrated with darks, normalized, aligned, stacked and digital development in IP 3.80. Curves and aTrous wavelets in PixInsight Standard. -------------------- Mini Borg 50 & Q-Guide SV80S #87 TV 102 #1022 G11 Gemini XT8 NHAS my web site Post Extras:       Hermit member Reged: 10/26/08 Posts: 48 Loc: Northern California Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3411017 - 10/25/09 11:10 PM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Heart of the Heart Nebula: Optics: Meade LX90 LNT 8" SCT, Alan Gee II reducer f/5.6 Mount: Standard Wedge, LX90 fork, LX200 tripod Filter: Astronomik CLS-CCD Guide: Meade 60mm refractor, Orion SSAG, PHD Camera: Self mod Canon XSi/450D at 70 deg F Exposure: 4 min x 144 over three days, used 90% (8 hour 36 min) ISO 1600. Dark x 30, Bias x 30, Flat x 15. Stacking: ImagesPlus Post: ImagesPlus, Photoshop CS3, NoiseNinja Larger image here: http://www.ledametrix.com/astro/Rob_Crockett_ic1805_heart_cas_1024x.jpg Best, Rob Crockett Grass Valley , CA Post Extras:       robjohn super member Reged: 06/04/08 Posts: 125 Loc: West Hills, CA Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3413476 - 10/27/09 06:03 AM Attachment (16 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Image: Heart Nebula (IC 1805) Date: 20 Sep 2009 Scope: Takahashi FSQ-106 ED (f/5) Mount: CGE Guider: William Optics ZenithStar 80 (f/6) Autoguider: Starfish/PHD Camera: Canon 50DH (Hutech modified) Filter: IDAS UIBAR Front Filter Exposure: 8 x 5 min ISO 1600 Processing: Photoshop CS4 Click here for larger image -------------------- Rob Johnson Celestron 14" SCT | 8" SCT | 102mm f/5 | Ultima 8x56 Takahashi FSQ-106EDX f/5 ZenithStar 105mm f/7 | 80mm f/6 Vixen ARK 16x80 CGE | CG-5 Canon 50DH Starfish autoguider Post Extras:       jmX super member Reged: 04/23/09 Posts: 162 Loc: Orange County, CA Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: moladso]       #3417121 - 10/28/09 10:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Heart Nebula Sept 17th, 2009 near Temecula, CA Skywatcher Equinox 80 with Televue 0.8x flattener Unmodified Canon 50D 23x2 minute exposures (46 min total) Larger version here: http://jmx.ls1howto.com/pics/200910_ic1805_1280.jpg -------------------- Jon C6N + CG5 Skywatcher Equinox 80 + CGEM http://jmx.ls1howto.com Post Extras:       HrAstro sage Reged: 12/24/06 Posts: 320 Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: jmX]       #3419698 - 10/30/09 07:39 AM Attachment (9 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Picture taken on August 19th and September 22nd, 2009. Location: Petrova gora, Croatia, Europe Skywatcher ED80 + WO II 0,8x, Modified Canon EOS 300D 32x480sec @ ISO1600 for hAlpha, Canon EOS 300D 18x480sec @ ISO800 Guiding with Maksutov 90/1250 + QHY5 guiding camera (PHD Guiding) Mount: EQ6 Vis upgreded to EQ6 SynScan Processing software: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight 1.0, Photoshop CS2 -------------------- HrAstro - Deepsky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography Edited by HrAstro (10/30/09 07:40 AM) Post Extras:       nickatnight Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/14/08 Posts: 1751 Loc: Santa Clarita, CA (LA Suburbs) Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3421354 - 10/31/09 02:20 AM Attachment (5 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Heart and Soul Nebulae - 4 Panel Mosaic Stevenson Ranch, CA October 2009 by nickatnight Telescope: Orion EON 72mm with WO Type-2 .80 fr/fc Filter: IDAS LP-2 Camera: self modded (Baader glass) Canon XTi Mount: piggybacked on CPC925 on Mitty wedge Guiding: SSAG with PhD through the CPC925 Exposure Info : all exposures 300 sec @ iso 800 Heart total: 1 hr 40 min Soul total: 1 hr 10 min Above Soul: 25 min Below Heart: 25 min Processing: DeepSky Stacker, PixInsight and Photoshop. Link to larger version: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/4058123050_161914ec04_o.jpg Small CN version: Post Extras:       Rudy Nix member Reged: 03/19/08 Posts: 63 Loc: Hollister,CA Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3421402 - 10/31/09 04:48 AM Attachment (6 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my attempt at the Heart Nebula. Telescope: WO 110 Megrez with 0.8 VerII FF Guidescope: Stellarvue AT1010 Camera: Modified Canon 350D Mount: Atlas EQ-G 46 lights ISO1600 240 seconds each Calibrated with darks, flats, and bias frames. Prcessed with ImagesPlus 3.80 Larger version here -------------------- LX200 10" f10 Classic OTA Meade F6.3 FR/FF WO Megrez 110mm f5.95 doublet WO 0.8 FR/FF Version II Stellarvue AT1010 78mm Achromat Atlas EQ-G Orion StarShoot AutoGuider Canon XTi 400D (not modified) Canon XT 350D (Modded w/Baader-ACF) Astronomik CLS EOS clip Filter Astronomik 13nm Ha EOS clip Filter My Flickr! page. Post Extras:       jcham21 sage Reged: 12/02/07 Posts: 358 Loc: Tucson, Arizona Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: Rudy Nix]       #3422784 - 10/31/09 10:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Image Details: Tucson, Arizona October 30, 2009 Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens at f/2.8 Focus with homemade Bahtinov Mask Skywatcher EQ5 Pro SynScan Unguided Self Modified XSi, nothing over sensor Astronomik Ha 6nm EOS Clip Filter 60 X 180 sec. exposures (3 hours) ISO 1600 46 deg. F Calibrated with: 30 darks 30 bias 30 flats MaxDSLR Adobe Photoshop CS2 Larger Version: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p218/jcham21/HA-1.jpg Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 7961 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Oct09 DSLR Challenge Submissions! [Re: jcham21]       #3423233 - 11/01/09 06:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Submissions are closed - good luck in the contest! -------------------- "He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy Weston CSC: Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 3 registered and 11 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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