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Charlie Hein
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We are very pleased and proud to present the September 2009 Sketching Semi-Finalists in the Imaging/Sketching Contest.
Aldebaran:
Messier 15
Instrument: Newton 10''
Observing place: Parainen, Finland
Date: 15/16.9.2009
Time: 23.50
Conditions: seeing 3, BB 2, NELM 6,4
Clear sky, calm, pretty warm and moist air
Calopteryx:
Hello!
This is my naked eye sketch of the Milky Way.
Date: 14/15.9.2009
Location: Parainen, Finland
Weather: Calm, clear sky
perfessor:
The crater Kepler, from 8-31-2009:
Scope" 8" f/7 Newtonian
9mm UO Ortho eyepiece
Jeff Young:
The Trifid Nebula (M20) from high altitude in Colorado.
Poor seeing (Pickering 3), but good transparency (NELM 7 / SQM 21.6).
10" Mewlon @ 100x with narrowband (UHC) filter.
HB pencil on white cardstock; scanned and inverted in Photoshop.
TenthEnemy:
Naked eye Milky Way
Location: Somerset County, Maryland
Date: 19 September 2009
jayscheuerle:
My astro hobby needed a new direction and I caught both the GRS and a transit shadow. This is a charcoal sketch brought into Photoshop for coloring and shading. - j
Please note that voting will conclude on October 9th at Midnight EST.
Many thanks to all who took part in the contest!
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Jeff Young:
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jayscheuerle:
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"He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy
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Charlie Hein
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Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Please join me in congratulating Sketching Forum's Finalist - jayscheuerle:
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My astro hobby needed a new direction and I caught both the GRS and a transit shadow. This is a charcoal sketch brought into Photoshop for coloring and shading. - j
Best of luck in the finals!
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"He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy
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CarlosEH
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Reged: 01/19/05
Posts: 4138
Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County...
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Jay,
Congratulations on winning the Imaging/Sketching forum contest. Your Jupiter observation was excellent.
Carlos
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Jeff Young
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Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 4115
Loc: Ireland
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Well done, Jay. Cracking sketch! (The limb darkening is particularly realistic.)
-- Jeff.
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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO
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markseibold
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Reged: 01/19/08
Posts: 1084
Loc: Portland Oregon
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Jay
Congratulations! Beautiful sketch work! 
Mark
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Jef De Wit
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Reged: 03/06/09
Posts: 124
Loc: Hove, Belgium
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Jay
Congratulations. But I like to thank all participants. It was difficult to choose between so many beautiful sketches!
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Clear skies, Jef De Wit
7x50 bino, Meade ETX-70 & Orion Optics UK 12" Dobson
"Bright skies aren't empty skies" (James Mallaney)
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kraterkid
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Reged: 03/07/05
Posts: 4551
Loc: Jacumba, California
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Congrats Jay! 
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Rich
My CN Gallery
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frank5817
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Reged: 06/13/06
Posts: 4084
Loc: Illinois
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Jay,
Very impressive and realistic sketch of the king.
Congratulations to you and all the others that entered for they also are winners too.
Frank 
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jayscheuerle
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 4071
Loc: S. Philadelphia, PA
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Wow and Sweet! I'm surprised! 
There's a nice range of approaches from all the entrants here and I can only hope to expand my abilities to cover the more subtle targets. Kudos to everyone! - j
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Fight indignorance!
The Green Goblin - 12" of dobsonian excellence!
The PortaBowl-a $100 4.5" f/8 ball-scope YOU can build!
Eero2-a 6" f/5 ball-scope you probably can't. 
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