Telescope Reviews: Oct09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll!

Here are the CCD Imaging & Processing Semi-Finalists in the CN Imaging contest for October 2009:

mizarmms:

Sharpless Sh2-171, Ced 214
Takahashi’s TOA-130 (f/5.7) and EM-200
CCD QHY9 (1.50 arcsec/pixel)
Guiding with EZG-60 (f/3.8) and QHY5
Halpha: 10x2500 s (7 h)
Process with ImagesPlus, Pixinsight Core 1.5
Frames in October 2009
Process on October 5th, 2009
Madrid, Spain

raxxla:

IC1318 - Gamma Cygni Complex

TeleVue NP101is
HEQ5 Pro mount
QHY9 Mono CCD
100 min Ha (7nm)
Guding with QHY5 + MaximDL
Location : Athens, Greece, 20 Oct 2009

Chris.Baron:

Subject: IC 1848

Details:
13x1800s HA and OIII (Baader 7nm HA, Astrodon 5nm OIII)
SBIG ST2000XM + Televue 0.8x FF
Captured with CCDCommander, CCDSoft and processed in Photoshop and PixInsight

cvedeler:

Object: Witch Head Nebula IC2118
Scope: Astro-Physics 160 EDF w/AP .75x focal reducer
Mount: Astro-Physics 900 GTO
Camera: CCDLabs Q453 (QHY8)
Exposures: 14 x 900 seconds
Taken: October 17th 2009 Farnsworth Ranch, Arizona

Stathis:

Rosetta Nebula

Telescope: Skywatcher ED80
Camera: QHY8
Exposures: 15x1200 sec
Processing: Pixinisght 1.5 core
Location: Chiliomodi Corinthia, Greece

jgw12936:

NGC 7635

2 hours of H-Alpha
FLI Proline 11002
AP155
Mach1GTO mount and a SX Lodestar guider.
CCDStack, Mira, Maxim DL, CS3
Taken on the nights of 10/18-10/19/2009 The Woodlands, TX

J.P.M:

Imaged in centrum of City Oulu, Finland

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack.
Deconvolution with a CCDSharp, 30 iterations.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Imaeged in three nights between 27.09 - 04.10. 2009,
seeing varys between 4-2,5 FWHM
Image scale 0,8 arcseconds/pixel
Telescope, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f4.65 Camera, QHY9 Guiding, SXV-AO @ 11Hz
Exposures:
H-alpha 21x1200s Binned 1x1 = 7h
S-II 10x600s Binned 3x3
O-III 5x600s Binned 3x3

Agelos Kechagias:

M42 The Orion Nebula in Hubble colors

S.w. Mak-Newtonian 190 + Qhy8
Automatic Guiding with S.w.Ed 80 + Qhy5
on Neq6 pro
exposures 7 h bin 2x2 HA as green
2 h bin 1x1 OIII as blue
2 h bin 1x1 SII red

Capture & Levels with Nebulosity
stack Maxim DL
finalize with Photoshop

Location - Corinthos - Greece

dsnope:

NGC7023 The Iris Nebula

Taken at Anza,Ca on October 17, 2009

Equip: QSI583,TEC160,Mach1GTO
Exposures: LRGB 112/25/25/35
8 min subs L, 5 min subs RGB
Lum Bin 1x1
RGB bin 2x2

themis_greece:

Here mine photo NGC 7331 Galaxy
Location: Parnon Mounten, Greece.
Telescope: Sky-watcher 8" Newton.
Guiding: Sky-watcher 70/500 + Spc900nc+Phd.
Mount: HEQ-5 Pro.
CCD Camera: Atik 16IC-S Colour.
Frames: 17 x 300sec RGB= 1:25Hrs.
Capture: Artemis.
Stack: MaximDL 5.
Image processing: Pixinsight 1,5 core ,Photoshop Cs4.

Tomvictor:

Total of 9,5 hours of exposures taken in several days in oct.

Meade 10" ACF @f/7 (0.87"/Pixel)
Artemis 4021 w/Astrodons
Ha-41x600
L-10x600
RGB-6x600

Please note that voting will conclude on November 8th at Midnight EST.

Many thanks to all who took part in the contest!

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Which Image goes to the Finals?
Users may choose only one (35 total votes)

mizarmms:

0 0%

raxxla:

2 05%

Chris.Baron:

4 11%

cvedeler:

2 05%

Stathis:

1 02%

jgw12936: