Charlie Hein
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I am pleased to announce the winner of the June 2009 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - Solar System Imaging's Finalist - rumples riot:
Taken with peltier cooled C14, Astronomiks type 2 RGB filters and Lumenera Skynyx 2-0 Camera.
Image was taken on 16 June 2009 at 1723 UT
800 frames from each colour staked and processed in Registax 5, Astra Image and Photoshop CS3
To all of you who took the time to stop by and vote for your favorite submission - thank you so much! Your participation really makes the contest!
To all the contestants - every one of your submissions is worthy of winning. Congratulations to all of you on a job done very well indeed!
rumples riot, congratulations on your win! Please contact me via PM with your t-shirt size and also the address where you want us to send it!
Charlie
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mazdak
newbie
Reged: 05/04/08
Posts: 1
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woooooooooow
congratulation
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Mike Phillips
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 02/21/06
Posts: 1435
Loc: Swift Creek, NC - 35.682 N, 78...
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Nice going Paul, you are truly an inspiration to all!
Mike
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Gallery/Blog/RSS/Tutorials
Mike's Lesson on Seeing, Collimation and Focusing
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Javier1978
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Reged: 02/12/09
Posts: 227
Loc: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Congratulations!!
The image is fantastic!!
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6" f5 Sky Watcher Reflector
Eq3 mount (Dual Axis)
Unmodded Canon 300 D
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Yedgy
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Reged: 07/22/08
Posts: 457
Loc: Phoenix, AZ, USA
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And to think they used to have to launch stuff into space for photos like this. Well done!
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RobertED
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/11/03
Posts: 1186
Loc: Johnston, RI
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Beautiful shot!! Paul!! Nice Job!! 
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Mario 14
journeyman
Reged: 11/21/08
Posts: 9
Loc: Fresno ,California
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Great work Paul!
This is the reason I plan to Peltier cool my C14 as well.Thanks for your How To modification advice.
Mario
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rumples riot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/01/04
Posts: 2486
Loc: South Australia
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Thanks all, just got back from China for the Eclipse which was fantastic and now this.
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EARTH AND COSMOS
How to peltier cool a C14 SCT
SOUTH CELESTIAL POLE
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Milionis
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Reged: 04/20/09
Posts: 4
Loc: Athens, Greece
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Fantastico
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no #933 45° Erecting Prisms
no #827 8x25mm Right-Angle Viewfinders
no red dot viewfinder
no LPI or DSI II
no binoviewer on my ETX
no USB to RS-232 Bridge Cable
no #546 AC Adapter for ETX-80
no Dew Shield
no #895 Vibration Isolation Pads
no Hard Carry Case
no Red LED Light
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alpal
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Reged: 06/15/09
Posts: 204
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Wouldn't it be good if you could actually see an image like that?
Great job.
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Location: Melbourne Australia.
8" f6 custom built Newtonian with
EQ6 Pro mount.
Takahashi LE 5mm eyepiece & 2 x Tak. Barlow.
Williams Optics Eyepieces - 2" 40mm & 25mm, 1.25" 15mm & 9mm.
Saxon 11 x 70 binos.
Set of 11 Hirsh Optics 1.25" filters.
Set of 4 Orion 2" filters.
Antares 1.25" ALP filter.
+ One cheap 4.5" Newt. complete with eyepieces.
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astro_mike
newbie
Reged: 10/08/09
Posts: 1
Loc: Levin, New Zealand
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Wow! Absolutely stunning Paul! Well done!
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DHurst
member
Reged: 03/10/06
Posts: 36
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Superb !.!.!
BTW,
Why do I no longer get sent the email ballots anymore? I used to always vote, but now I don't get sent the imaging/sketching email with the finalsts to choose from.
May I restore my opportunity?
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