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Pages: 1 Oldfield Postmaster Reged: 03/20/02 Loc: Hong Kong July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101)       #5292627 - 06/28/12 01:44 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   sharpless 101 - tulip nebula Overview: Welcome to the Cloudy Nights Monthly Challenge Imaging Competition in CCD Imaging & Processing Forum: This competition is intended to be a fun way for you to improve your imaging abilities and a way for you to see many new images with a variety of equipment. All imagers are welcome and encouraged to enter. Each month a single object will be selected for the competition by the winner from 2 months previous. Having a one month delay allows voting and selection of the next object and will give a full month's time for entries. The winner of each competition gets to choose the next object and their image will be included in the Hall of Fame message thread. There are no other prizes. Please include your imaging details such as location, date, telescope, guiding, exposure time, etc with your submission. Rules: 1. Have fun! Support other contestants and be polite with your comments. 2. All entries must be captured within the same imaging season. For example, if the December target is the Orion Nebula, you must use images taken during the current winter, not any other year. 3. Image size is limited to 800x800 pixels and 200k in size. 4. Any equipment is allowed to be used in the images including rental equipment; with the only exception of DSLR, since we have another forum specifically for DSLR. 5. All image taking and processing must be done by your team, including equipment setup. 6. Each person may submit only 1 entry per month. However, you may edit your submission and replace the image with a newer one if you wish using the Edit function. 7. Winners will be selected by forum members, the one which receives the highest number of vote will be the winner. Please submit your image in this thread, comment can be made in the same thread as well. Post Extras:       vpcirc Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/09/09 Loc: Merced CA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: Oldfield]       #5337566 - 07/26/12 10:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's mine Shot at NM Skies in Mayhill NM 8 x 900 RGB 16 x 900 Lum 10 x 1800 Ha July 7-18 2012 Stellervue SV 152 (attachment removed on request) Edited by Oldfield (08/01/12 09:24 PM) Post Extras:       KDizzle professor emeritus Reged: 09/12/08 Loc: Woodinville, WA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: vpcirc]       #5340011 - 07/28/12 12:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Night of July 26/27, Woodinville WA 63m L 16m R/G/B each 15m Ha Clouded out early STL11k, CGE Pro, AT10RC; 80mm guiding 3s; no AOL this time. Post Extras:       stephane zoll super member Reged: 09/11/11 Loc: Grenoble, France Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: KDizzle]       #5341691 - 07/29/12 01:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi, Here is my B&W contribution, with a wide field around this single tulip: (please click on the thumbnail for the full resolution version). => Taka. FSQ106 + reducer (f/d=3.6) + Astrodon 5nm Ha filter + CCD Atik 4000. => 20 min subs for a total of 4h00. Treatment with PixInsight. Best, Edited by stephane zoll (07/29/12 01:42 PM) Post Extras:       Richard Crisp super member Reged: 11/12/07 My entry: Sharpless 2-101 [Re: Oldfield]       #5344029 - 07/30/12 07:16 PM Attachment (33 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is a narrowband image: S2/Ha/O3 Total time of 38.5 hours. AP180EDT f/9 used with ML8300 and Baader Filters Post Extras:       MadMan sage Reged: 10/31/10 Loc: Roswell, GA, USA Re: My entry: Sharpless 2-101 [Re: Richard Crisp]       #5344386 - 07/30/12 11:18 PM Attachment (21 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   While this isn't as up to par by any means with the images above and the other contest submissions I have watched with envy over the year and a half I have been in the hobby, here is my first attempt at any of these challenges. I happened to image this object at the beginning of July over two nights and then ran across this and another thread about the Tulip, so what the heck. I look forward to any feedback and thanks for looking. Regarding the image: - Takahashi FSQ-106 @ f3.7 - SXVR-H694 mono CCD - Astrodon Sii, Ha and Oiii 5 nm filters - Hubble Palette - Losmandy G-11 mount with Gemini 2 - Lodestar guide-cam in Vario 60mm finder on tangent stronghold system - 5 hours, 20 minutes of 20 minute subframes - Capture: Nebulosity, Cal/Reg/Stack: DSS, PixInsight and PS4 post-processing with a touch of Carboni actions. - Roswell, GA Larger Image: www.madmanrc.com/images/Tulip_Tak106R_H694_SiiHaOiii_5h20m_Final5.jpg Alternate processing - NOT being submitted: www.madmanrc.com/images/Tulip_Tak106R_H694_SiiHaOiii_5h20m_Final32.jpg Mike Edited by MadMan (07/30/12 11:31 PM) Post Extras:       vpcirc Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/09/09 Loc: Merced CA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: vpcirc]       #5345790 - 07/31/12 06:08 PM Attachment (24 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm trying to edit mine, I uploaded a bad image. Here's the correct one Post Extras:       MadMan sage Reged: 10/31/10 Loc: Roswell, GA, USA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: vpcirc]       #5369454 - 08/15/12 03:01 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats vpcirc! Fantastic image. Post Extras:       vpcirc Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/09/09 Loc: Merced CA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: MadMan]       #5369500 - 08/15/12 04:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks I spent a good 3 weeks on and off try to get it right. Very difficult to image with the dimness Post Extras:       JWalk scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 06/06/10 Loc: San Antonio, TX Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: vpcirc]       #5369621 - 08/15/12 07:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats Mike!!! What is the next target? Post Extras:       vpcirc Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/09/09 Loc: Merced CA Re: July 2012 Challenge Entries (sharpless 101) [Re: JWalk]       #5369777 - 08/15/12 09:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   No clouds.... Lol vdb 141 Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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