Echo
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Reged: 09/29/03
Posts: 3320
Loc: So Cal
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Welcome to the March Cloudy Nights Reader’s Gallery Submission Forum. Each month, we ask our CN members to submit your best photos.
This month's theme for this section is: Free form
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 should be original (If they aren't then you will be banned from this section of the forum!).
This month's deadline is March 15th, at 1700 hours Greenwich Mean Time.
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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Queen of GOTO
Life is short.... get a massage!
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Anonymous
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Here is my first entry:
2/18/02
Jupiter
Orion XT6 w/ Epson 850z (2.1MP)
3X Barlow
26 exposures stacked, ISO400, 1/60 exp
Post-processing (unsharp mask to bring out detail and blurring to make it more appealing to the eye)
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Suk Lee
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Reged: 10/07/03
Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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Venus
Mewlon 250, AP900, 2x PowerMate, TouCam Pro, H-alpha pass filter
70 frames stacked in Registax
Shot 2/9/04 in Pleasanton CA
Suk Lee
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http://www.siliconvalleyskies.com
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Suk Lee
Post Laureate
Reged: 10/07/03
Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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Jupiter & Io
Mewlon 250, AP900, 2x PowerMate, TouCam Pro
383 frames stacked in Registax
Shot 2/5/04 in Pleasanton, CA
Suk Lee
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http://www.siliconvalleyskies.com
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Blueshark928
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/19/04
Posts: 2853
Loc: Crownsville, MD
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Hi All
This is my first entry.
John Krawczyk
2/20/04 - 04:30 UT
Jupiter and Io w/shadow transit
Orion 120 Skywatcher achromat refractor on modified EQ4 mount
Logitech QC4000 webcam w/2x barlow
Settings @ 1/25 sec, 15 FPS, 10% gain. 90% bright, 40% gamma. 50% contrast. No filters. Captured, aligned and stacked with k3ccd planetary wizard. 650 frame stack out of 1350. Wavlet and Gamma levels processed in Registax 2. Despeckle and Unsharp mask and text with Photoshop. A litte color found by upping the saturation a bit.
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John
SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
Edited by Blueshark928 (02/21/04 09:32 AM)
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Charlie Hein
Postmaster
Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 6586
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Saturn - Feb.21, 2004
Information on caption
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Weston CSC:
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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2/18/02
Venus
Orion XT6 w/ Epson 850z (2.1MP)
3X Barlow
40 exposures stacked, ISO100
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Jupiter
Taken by Kirk Vanden
Sunday, February 22
Shalimar, Florida
Meade 12 inch LX200 and ToUcam Web cam with
a Televue Barlow.
The image is the best 1,200 frames out of 4,200 taken.
Stacked and Processed with RegiStax.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Jupiter and 3 Moon's
Toucam Pro Sc
Helios explorer 200mm
Prime focus
500 frames stacked in registax 2x resample
Light Processing in Photoshop 7
James Dyson Blackpool uk.
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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My Best Saturn.
Info On PIc:)
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jcarlson
member
Reged: 01/19/04
Posts: 93
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Jason Carlson
Venus through a yellow filter
8" LX200, 2x Barlow, Logitech Quickcam 4000 Pro
300/1000 frames in Registax
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wes
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/13/03
Posts: 979
Loc: Oklahoma
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Jupiter 02/16/04
14.5 Starmaster @F/30 , Toucam Pro, 654 frames out of 1450,
Wes Higgins
Tecumseh Oklhoma
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synner
sage
Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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Here's mine - Jupiter 040228 23:59UT
Showing Io beginning a transit, the GRS and Ganymede out to the right.
Taken with a Vixen VC200L, a ToUcam Pro 740k and a 2x Barlow (giving f18),
from Harrow, UK. 650 frames recorded @ 10fps, 260 frames stacked.
Nick King
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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michaeloconnell
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 08/18/03
Posts: 963
Loc: Ireland
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Michael O'Connell
Tipperary, Ireland
16th Jan 2004
LX90, 2x apo barlow, Philips Toucam Pro, 1,500 frames @ 5fps processed in Registax and Photoshop.
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Michael
www.astroshot.com
Gemini G41 Observatory+ Mount, Meade 16" SCT OTA, TEC140 Apo, 16" ATM Dob, Pentax75 SDHF, PST Ha, PST Cak.
Edited by michaeloconnell (03/03/04 07:14 AM)
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Saturn  .
1200 frame's stacked in registax 2.1
Resizeing in photoshop 7.1 plus unsharp mask and some colour processing.
Helios explorer 200mm reflector f/l 1000 f/5
10mm ep
ep projection tube
10fps, gain 40 percent,Saturation 60 percent, brightness 40 percent, gamma 0,1.25 exposure.
Photo by me James Dyson
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Satrun
860 frame's stacked in registax 2.1 used Wazelet's to
shapen image.
Resizeing in photoshop 7.1 and some colour processing.
Helios explorer 200mm reflector f/l 1000 f/5
10mm ep
ep projection tube
10fps, gain 40 percent,Saturation 60 percent, brightness 40 percent, gamma 0,1.25 exposure.
Photo by me James Dyson
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Jupiter.28th Feb 2004
Toucam pro sc
Helios explorer 200mm reflector
10mm ep and ep projection tube
1222 Frames stacked in registax 2.1
Wavelet processing
James Dyson
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Here's mine......
Mike McGuire
Saturn - 03/05/04 - 20:50 -Local
C8 F/20
1020 frames stack with Registax
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synner
sage
Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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Here's another - Jupiter 0400307 21:21UT
Taken with a Vixen VC200L, a ToUcam Pro 740k and a 2x Barlow (giving f18),
from Harrow, UK. Recorded @ 5 fps, 260 frames stacked.
Nick King
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http://www.synner.co.uk
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Here is my entry for this month...
Information about this shot is all in the caption.
Shot taken in my frontyard, Coconut Creek, Florida.
Clear skies!
Ivan
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