You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 square_peg Postmaster Reged: 03/26/04 Posts: 23948 Loc: Maple Valley, WA DSO Photos Through July 15th       #482156 - 06/19/05 01:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Welcome to the Cloudy Nights Reader’s Gallery Submission Forum. Each month, we ask Cloudy Nights members to submit their best DSO 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 DSO photo entries. Thanks and good luck! -------------------- Tom (Pegster) DSH-8 (GSO Dob) 15x70 Oberwerks SVP 100 f/6 achro WO 66 Petzval Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900 8x42 Regals History is Philosophy teaching by examples. Thucydides Post Extras:       Wouter D'hoye sage Reged: 06/27/03 Posts: 370 Loc: Belgium Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: square_peg]       #482275 - 06/19/05 02:32 PM Attachment (161 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Allright here's my contribution: It's my first image of a deep sky object: object: M13 photographer: Wouter D'hoye Date: June 19'th 2005 OO:59 Local time exposure: 10x15 seconds track and accumulate using an SBIG ST-7 on a 9OOmm focal legth apochromat at f/8.8 processing: Level and gamma adjust, curve adjust, unsharp mask, slight gaussian blur -------------------- 4" f/8.8 Vixen Fluorite on GP-DX SBIG ST-7 + CFW8a + Baader CLRGB-filters Post Extras:       synner sage Reged: 01/13/04 Posts: 215 Loc: Harrow, UK Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: square_peg]       #490478 - 06/25/05 02:21 PM Attachment (152 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's one Nick King - Harrow, UK 17/06/05 Vb 142 (part of IC 1396) 60 minutes of Ha data in 20 minute unbinned subs. Taken with an SXV-H9 through a TV76 at f5. -------------------- http://www.synner.co.uk Post Extras:       synner sage Reged: 01/13/04 Posts: 215 Loc: Harrow, UK Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: square_peg]       #490482 - 06/25/05 02:22 PM Attachment (135 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And another Nick King - Harrow, UK 22/06/05 IC 5070 The Pelican nebula 100 minutes of Ha data in 3 x 20 minute and 4 x 10 minute unbinned subs. Taken with an SXV-H9 through a TV76 at f5. -------------------- http://www.synner.co.uk Post Extras:       ClownFish Post Laureate Reged: 04/26/05 Posts: 5600 Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: synner]       #503807 - 07/05/05 03:19 PM Attachment (121 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Peter Kennett - New Mexico, USA June 8, 2005 - 0130 AM M17 Swan Nebula - extended exposure 45 Minutes - Fijichrome 400 Provira Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN Prime Focus - Unfiltered Manualy guided with an 80mm F12 refractor Adobe Photoshop - Mac OSX -------------------- Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog! Edited by ClownFish (07/06/05 01:36 AM) Post Extras:       ClownFish Post Laureate Reged: 04/26/05 Posts: 5600 Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: ClownFish]       #504623 - 07/06/05 01:05 AM Attachment (122 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Peter Kennett - New Mexico, USA June 8, 2005 - 0130 AM M31 Andromeda Galaxy 30 Minutes - Fijichrome 400 Provira Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN Prime Focus - Unfiltered Manualy guided with an 80mm F12 refractor Adobe Photoshop - Mac OSX -------------------- Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog! Edited by ClownFish (07/07/05 08:34 AM) Post Extras:       Paul Rix Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/06/04 Posts: 2924 Loc: Zanesville, Ohio,USA Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: ClownFish]       #508710 - 07/08/05 06:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M27 The Dumbell Nebula Name: Paul Rix Date: 3rd July 2005. Location: Zanesville Ohio. Equipment used: Meade DSI (standard version), 10in LX200 in Alt/Az. F6.3 Focal Reducer. 17x15sec exposures. FITS combined in Autostar Suite. Levels adjusted in Photoshop. Noise reduced with NeatImage. -------------------- Climbing the Learning Curve Meade 10" LX200 Classic: WO 66SD. Philips SPC900NC, DMK21AU04.AS, Meade DSI Pro and DSI Pro II. Post Extras:       oldsalt Astro Philosopher Reged: 02/12/05 Posts: 7958 Loc: Pa - between starparties Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: Paul Rix]       #509476 - 07/09/05 04:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great phots everyone. Paul, Looks like you are getting the hang of photoshop, have you tried sharpening the image ? Post Extras:       Paul Rix Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/06/04 Posts: 2924 Loc: Zanesville, Ohio,USA Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: oldsalt]       #510372 - 07/10/05 05:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M16 The Eagle Nebula (Pillars of Creation). Name: Paul Rix Date: 9th July 2005. Location: Zanesville Ohio. Equipment used: Meade DSI (standard version), 10in LX200 in Alt/Az. F6.3 Focal Reducer. 17x15sec exposures. FITS combined in Autostar Suite. Levels adjusted in Photoshop. -------------------- Climbing the Learning Curve Meade 10" LX200 Classic: WO 66SD. Philips SPC900NC, DMK21AU04.AS, Meade DSI Pro and DSI Pro II. Post Extras:       Undermidnight Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/25/04 Posts: 2046 Loc: Hilliard, Ohio Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: Paul Rix]       #513399 - 07/12/05 05:13 PM Attachment (111 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M17 - The Swan Nebula in Sagittarius Jason Hissong 07/09/2005 18x300s subframes, adaptive-add combined in ImagesPlus 1.72 Celestron Ultima 2000, Meade 3.3 reducer, Hutech IDAS LPR Filter Post-Processed in Photoshop 6.0. -------------------- WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount PST 8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn" 12.5" F/4.3 Ball Scope, "Ada" 11x70 Oberwerks 6" F/6 Polishing Pans and Naglers "They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz." -Donald Miller http://www.undermidnight.com Post Extras:       Undermidnight Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/25/04 Posts: 2046 Loc: Hilliard, Ohio Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: Undermidnight]       #513405 - 07/12/05 05:15 PM Attachment (96 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M22 in Sagittarius Jason Hissong 07/09/2005 10x60s subframes, adaptive-add combined in ImagesPlus 1.72 Celestron Ultima 2000, Meade 3.3 reducer, Hutech IDAS LPR Filter Post-Processed in Photoshop 6.0. -------------------- WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount PST 8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn" 12.5" F/4.3 Ball Scope, "Ada" 11x70 Oberwerks 6" F/6 Polishing Pans and Naglers "They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz." -Donald Miller http://www.undermidnight.com Post Extras:       synner sage Reged: 01/13/04 Posts: 215 Loc: Harrow, UK Re: DSO Photos Through July 15th [Re: Undermidnight]       #517599 - 07/15/05 12:00 PM Attachment (108 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The gulf region of NGC 7000 Nick King Harrow, UK 12/07/2005 3 x 10 minute and 3 x 20 minute subs in Ha, and 5 x 3 minutes each of G and B. All taken unbinned with an Artemis ART285 camera through a TV76 at f5. Post processing in Photoshop CS. -------------------- http://www.synner.co.uk Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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