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Pages: 1 Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist!       #5656157 - 02/01/13 11:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We are very pleased and proud to present the January 2013 CCD Imaging Semi-Finalists in the Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest. raxxla Here's my shot of M45/Pleiades cluster. LRGB combination of L:19x300s, R:6x250s, G:6x200s, B:7x300s Telescope: Televue NP101is Camera: QHY9 mono Filters: Baader LRGB Mount: SW HEQ5Pro Full res image here! http://users.ntua.gr/raxxla/images/astro/Starless_small.jpg Thanks for looking! Ilias Mike Wiles M42 & M43 Hubble Palette Dates: December 17th through January 4th, 2013 - 7 nights Location: Goodyear, Arizona Telescope: Explore Scientific ED127CF Refractor - 127mm f/7.5 Carbon Fiber Triplet Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO CP3 Camera: SBIG ST-8300m and SBIG FW8-8300 filter wheel Guiding: SBIG ST-i Mono and SBIG OAG-8300 off-axis guider Exposure: 19.1 hours Capture: CCD AutoPilot v5, Maxim DL 5.18 Calibration & Processing: PixInsight 1.7 A larger image can be seen at Astrobin Bill Snyder IC1318 South of Sadr Mosaic Image dates 8/22/12 to 11/16/12 Scope TMB 130mm Mount Atlas EQG Camera Apogee 8300 Exposures Ha 9.5hrs OIII 6.5hrs SII 6.5hrs 20min subs x 2 Total 45hrs Fullsize Link Jeff in Austin Good Ole' B33 Horsehead in HaRGB Taken over several nights ending 1/6/13 in Austin, TX AT12RC QSI683 with Astrodon filters Losmandy Titan Optec focuser and rotator CCDAP, Maxim, TheSkyX, Focusmax Astrobin Full Size Here Please note that voting will conclude on February 8th at Midnight ET. Many thanks to all who took part in the contest! * Which Image goes to the Finals? Users may choose only one (36 total votes) raxxla 7 19% Mike Wiles 9 25% Bill Snyder 14 38% Jeff in Austin 6 16% Edited by Charlie Hein (02/10/13 05:54 AM) Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5671843 - 02/10/13 05:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats to Bill Snyder, our January Finalist! Charlie Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5671876 - 02/10/13 06:43 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Finals Poll is up! Vote Now! Charlie Post Extras:       Mike Wiles scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/04/09 Loc: Goodyear, AZ Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5672073 - 02/10/13 10:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great shot Bill. I've never seen that part of the sky represented like that. I put it on my list to attempt a narrowband shot of it next spring. It's truly (especially the bottom half of the frame) three dimensional. Mike Post Extras:       alpal Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/15/09 Loc: Melbourne Australia. Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: Mike Wiles]       #5672415 - 02/10/13 02:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great shot Bill and all the other entries were of a high standard. Post Extras:       David Pavlich Transmographied Reged: 05/18/05 Loc: Mandeville, LA USA Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: alpal]       #5672751 - 02/10/13 05:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice, Bill!! David Post Extras:       Bill Snyder scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/17/09 Loc: Pennsylvania. USA Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: David Pavlich]       #5673378 - 02/11/13 12:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks everyone! Also hats off to all the other fine images presented. Bill Post Extras:       astrochuck123 member Reged: 01/09/12 Re: Congrats to Bill Snyder - January's Finalist! [Re: Bill Snyder]       #5673773 - 02/11/13 10:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Bill!!! Awesome image Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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