You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Posts: 7958 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll!       #3325474 - 09/10/09 06:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Welcome to the August 2009 Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest poll! Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives the coveted Cloudy Nights t-shirt! At the conclusion of the poll, the entry with the highest total will be the winner of the contest.. Please choose your favorite out of all the images. This poll will remain open through September 15th at midnight. Here are the entries for August! Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Domerman: M31 imaged from light polluted skies in NJ sometime in July. 10 x 5min Subs QHY8 w/IDAS LPS Filter Orion 80ED mounted on CG-5GT Auto-guided with AT66ED and Meade DSI Preprocessed in Nebulosity Processed in CS4 Film Astrophotography's Finalist - M111: 35mm Milky Way (including Sharpless 2-27) Brendan Devlin June 27, 2009, Martha's Vineyard Composite of two 35mm frames ~5 min, unguided, E200 Canon 35mm F1.2L @ F/2 LXD-75 Canon A2 Self-processed in Jobo CPE-2, Unicolor Rapid E6 chemistry, +2 push-processed. DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - HrAstro: NGC7023, Iris nebula Picture taken on August 18th, 2009. Location: Kapela, Bjelovar, Croatia, Europe Skywatcher ED80 @ f/7.5 + WO FF 0.8x, Canon EOS 300D 54x480sec @ 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 CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - bill w: Here's NGC 7008 8" LX 200R @ 2268mm, SX AO, IDAS LPR/CS 10 nm Ha/AD 5 nm Ha/Baader 8.5 nm Oiii/AD 5 nm Oiii, SX H9C/H9 Ha 14x20 min, Oiii 12x20 min, RGB 17x5 min 7/13-18/09 Los Alamitos CA Solar System Imaging's Finalist - FoxK: ISS with STS 127 Shuttle Endeavor passing in front of the sun using a CaK filter (Lunt BF600)on July 25, 2009. Scope was an Orion 80mm ED Refractor Cam was an Imaging Source DMK cam (see signature for details) FPS set to 60 This was a single frame Time was shortly after 2pm local Eastern USA (Cape Cod) Sketching Forum's Finalist - Aaron: Naked Eye Milky Way Oregon Star Party - Indian Trail Springs, OR Took about 4 hours over 3 nights Good Luck to all our finalists! Which Image/Sketch is our winner? Users may choose only one (50 total votes) Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Domerman 4 08% Film Astrophotography's Finalist - M111: 19 38% DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - HrAstro: 4 08% CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - bill w: 3 06% Solar System Imaging's Finalist - FoxK: 14 28% Sketching Forum's Finalist - Aaron: 6 12% -------------------- "He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy Weston CSC: Post Extras:       Darhmabum13 member Reged: 08/04/08 Posts: 53 Loc: Montreal Quebec Canada Re: Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3326437 - 09/10/09 05:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow!!! Every one, great job! I love this tread! Special congrats for FoxK, what a great and original shot! I never saw something like that, an object in front of the sun... WOW! Thanks alot! Post Extras:       HrAstro sage Reged: 12/24/06 Posts: 318 Re: Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Darhmabum13]       #3336950 - 09/16/09 09:59 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations -------------------- HrAstro - Deepsky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography Post Extras:       Nightfly sage Reged: 06/20/07 Posts: 441 Loc: Sullivan, Maine Re: Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: HrAstro]       #3337998 - 09/16/09 07:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great Job Brendan, and great image! Post Extras:       bill w Postmaster Reged: 03/26/05 Posts: 6571 Loc: southern california Re: Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Nightfly]       #3345958 - 09/21/09 12:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   congrats brendon beautiful composition -------------------- -bill w nexstar 8 GPS canon 300D, Toucam Pro II SXV-H9C, H9, SX Exview autoguider, SX-AO FS 102 (OLV), FS60 CSV, 8" LX200R, G 11 http://whwastro.homestead.com/ image processing monitor calibrated to just differentiate darkest boxes: Post Extras:       FoxK Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/07/07 Posts: 2659 Loc: Cape Cod, MA Re: Aug09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: bill w]       #3377049 - 10/07/09 05:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Grats Brendon and thanks for the kind words Darmah -------------------- Orion 80mm ED Apo Refractor 8" Classic Dob (used as Newtonian on CG5 mount) Meade 70-AZ-A 70mm Guider using PHD LS60TCaK/B600/C CG-5 Advanced GT Mount Nikon D40x with T-Adaptors Philips SPC900NC(1/4"ccd)& Quickcam 9000(1/3"CMOS) Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS - click for cloud prediction for Plymouth, MA. area Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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