square_peg
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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!
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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
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Wouter D'hoye
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Reged: 06/27/03
Posts: 370
Loc: Belgium
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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
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4" f/8.8 Vixen Fluorite on GP-DX
SBIG ST-7 + CFW8a + Baader CLRGB-filters
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synner
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Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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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.
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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synner
sage
Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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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.
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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ClownFish
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Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
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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
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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)
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ClownFish
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Posts: 5600
Loc: Islamabad, Pakistan
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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
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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)
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Paul Rix
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 2924
Loc: Zanesville, Ohio,USA
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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.
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Climbing the Learning Curve
Meade 10" LX200 Classic: WO 66SD.
Philips SPC900NC, DMK21AU04.AS, Meade DSI Pro and DSI Pro II.
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oldsalt
Astro Philosopher
Reged: 02/12/05
Posts: 7958
Loc: Pa - between starparties
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Great phots everyone.
Paul,
Looks like you are getting the hang of photoshop, have you tried sharpening the image ?
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Paul Rix
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 2924
Loc: Zanesville, Ohio,USA
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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.
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Climbing the Learning Curve
Meade 10" LX200 Classic: WO 66SD.
Philips SPC900NC, DMK21AU04.AS, Meade DSI Pro and DSI Pro II.
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Undermidnight
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Reged: 05/25/04
Posts: 2046
Loc: Hilliard, Ohio
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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.
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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
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Undermidnight
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/25/04
Posts: 2046
Loc: Hilliard, Ohio
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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.
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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
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synner
sage
Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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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.
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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