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Planet Photos Through April 15th new
      #382721 - 03/22/05 02:30 PM

Welcome to the Cloudy Nights Reader’s Gallery Submission Forum. Each month, we ask Cloudy Nights members to submit their best Planetary photos in this thread.


For your photo entries, please provide a description that includes:
Your First and Last Name;
Date of photo (can include the time);
Description (title) of the image;
Relevant photo information (exposure length and equipment used).

This is important! If you don't supply ALL information, we won't be able to use your photograph!!!!

Please note: due to copyright issues, all photos MUST be original (If they aren't then you will be banned from this section of the forum!).

To facilitate the judging we respectfully ask that you not enter comments in the photo thread. You will find a commentary thread for the Planetary photo entries. Thanks and good luck!

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DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP 100 f/6 achro
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals




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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: square_peg]
      #383222 - 03/22/05 11:26 PM Attachment (162 downloads)

Ok, I'll start off this month.

Two sides of Jupiter, shot through the clouds
Robert T.
March 21, 2005 15:10 UT

C11 + 3x Meade barlow, ToUcam Pro
1/25 second exposure, 5 frames/sec, gain = 40-45% (adjusted throughout the capture using WcCtrl)
About 300 frames stacked in RegiStax3, processed in PixInight
Ganymede was processed seperatley using around 100 frames from the same AVI.

(4-frame animation of this transit can be viewed here:
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/data/525/3988hover.gif


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: ]
      #383241 - 03/22/05 11:50 PM Attachment (172 downloads)

Saturn, Titan and Rhea
Steve Reb 3/16/05
C9.25 and ToUcam
f/20 with Televue 2x barlow
2296 of 5035 frames stacked in Registax 3

Titan and Rhea-- 500 frames captured with gain at around 70%



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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: conus]
      #384159 - 03/23/05 09:16 PM Attachment (165 downloads)


Bob Gilland
Jupiter and Io
3-19-05
130mm Newt
Qc pro 4000
f/l 2600
10fps
722 of 1098 frames
registax3
PS CS

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Orion 130ST EQ
Orion Skyview Pro 8" Homemade DOB Base
QuickCam Pro 4000
QuickCam Fusion
Philips spc900nc


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: square_peg]
      #388687 - 03/28/05 09:15 PM Attachment (133 downloads)

Jupiter
March 19, 2005
TMB 10" F/9
3X Barlow
Atik Color Camera, Registax, Photoshop
Seeing 7-8/10
Jim Phillips


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: JimP]
      #392977 - 04/01/05 07:49 PM Attachment (140 downloads)

Bob Gilland
Jupiter/Europa series
3-30-05
130mm newt
Qc pro 4000
Registax/PS CS
f/l 2600

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Orion Skyview Pro 8" Homemade DOB Base
QuickCam Pro 4000
QuickCam Fusion
Philips spc900nc


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: Bob G]
      #393321 - 04/02/05 04:12 AM

Siim E. Siimut
Tallinn, Estonia
01.04.2005
TAL-1, 110mm Newtonian at FL 805mm
Jupiter and the Galilean moons
2 picture compared (high grain and brightness picture for the moons and low gain and brightness for the planet)


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: description]
      #393524 - 04/02/05 10:27 AM Attachment (123 downloads)

Robert T.

Jupiter and the GRS

April 1, 2005 13:41 UT
C11 + 3x barlow, imaged with ToUcam Pro2
1/25 sec exposure, 35% gain, 5 frames/sec
about 350 frames stacked in RegiStax3 and processed in PixInsight


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: ]
      #395875 - 04/04/05 10:22 PM Attachment (146 downloads)

Wade Knowles
23Mar05
Jupiter and Io
Aprox. 1k frames processed in Registax3, taken thru XT10 on CG-5AS mount using NexImage and Tele Vue 5X powermate, 1/5th sec. exposure, 5fps, gain ~ 45%.

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XT10 newt, TMB130SS , 5"f5 refractor, 5"mak,
TV102 w/Feathertouch(soon to be on Astromart), 20x80LW & 15x70 Ultra Obies', PST, I need help!


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th new [Re: square_peg]
      #400875 - 04/09/05 10:10 AM Attachment (100 downloads)

Jupiter
April 5, 2005
Seeing 7/10
Atik Color camera, Registax, Photyoshop
TMB 10" F/9, 3X Barlow

Jim Phillips
South Carolina


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Re: Planet Photos Through April 15th [Re: JimP]
      #403751 - 04/12/05 03:40 AM

4.5" Newt. 10mm .965 (POS0 eyepiece. Canon A95 189 of 300 frames stacked in registax.

Jupiter.






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