Echo
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Reged: 09/29/03
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Loc: So Cal
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Welcome to the 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 April 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 DSO entries. Thanks and good luck!
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Charles
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Reged: 06/12/03
Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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I guess I'll be the first for this month.
The Horesehead and Flame Nebula in Ha.
Image taken 18 March 2004
Charles Hover, Enterprise, Al
Sky Condition was a 6 to 7
The image was taken with a TAO-130 with Reducer, Sbig 10XME utilizing a Schuler 10nm HA filter. The image is composed of 12 10 minute images for a total time of two hours.
Images calibrated by subtracting a dark only and combined in MaxIm Dl. All other processing done in Photoshop CS.
I posted a larger image in the photo gallery
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=744&size=big&password=&sort=1&thecat=
Edited by Charles (03/21/04 04:37 PM)
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Charles
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Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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M3
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
16 Mar 2004
TOA-130, with reducer, Sbig10xme (RGB)
A composite of 8 images each color channel (3min x 8) 1x1 bin. Stacked and calibrated in MaxIm Dl, processed in Photoshop CS.
A larger version is in the photo gallery. When there click on the image to expand it.
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=745
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Charles
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Reged: 06/12/03
Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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Rosette Nebula in Ha
16 March 2004
Enterprise, Al
Charles Hover
Sky Condition 8 to 9
Eq: TOA-130, reducer, Sbig 10xme, Schuler 10nm Ha
This image is two halves, a top and bottom. Each half is a composite of 1x1 bin 10min x 5 images. Stacked in MaxIm Dl and calibrated, Processed and combined in PS CS.
A larger image is posted in the Photo Gallery.
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=746
Charles
Edited by Echo (03/24/04 02:51 PM)
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Charles
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Reged: 06/12/03
Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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Christmas Tree in Ha
19 March 2004
Enterprise, Al
Charles Hover
Sky Condition 4 to 5
Eq: TOA-130, reducer, Sbig 10xme, Schuler 10nm Ha
The image is a total time of 1.5 hours.
Combined and calibrated in MaxIm DL, processed in PS CS.
A larger image is posted in the Photo Gallery.
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=748
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DaveC
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/27/03
Posts: 1316
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Rosette nebula
Dave Cornish, Kent Washington
march 20, 2004
Prime focus taken with Canon Digital Rebel and Orion Astroview 120ST F/5.
Filter: Orion skyglow
Manually guided with 80mm guidescope on EQ3.
Camera settings:
ISO1600.
Exposure time 10 minutes X 9 images = Total exposure time 90 minutes.
Aligned and averaged in Registar. AV layer, color balance, and levels in Photoshop CS. Final image noise reduced in SGBNR.
Edited by DaveC (03/22/04 03:26 AM)
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Charles
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Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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M83 (LRGB) 16 March 2004
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
EQ: TOA-130, Reducer, Sbig10xme
Sky Condition: 8 or 9
6 images each channel 4 minutes each no binning
Calibrated and stacked in MaxIm Dl, Processed in Photoshop CS.
A larger file size can be seen in the Photo Gallery.
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=753
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MarkK
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/04/04
Posts: 550
Loc: Florida Tampa
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I have been busy the past few days imaging once again. Had to take the Rosette with my FSQ 106 before it was gone.
Mark Keitel
Tak FSQ 106, Image taken March 16th & 17th with a 10nm Ha filter, This past Friday I just got a 6nm Ha filter and will be shooting this same object later on this month to compare the two filters.
Length of time on this is 10 x 1200sec & 10 x 900 sec. with a SBIG 10xe
Edited by MarkK (03/20/04 06:26 PM)
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Suk Lee
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Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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M81 shot 3/08/04 in Pleasanton, CA
Mewlon 250, AP900, ST2000 / AO7 / CFW8
12.5 hours total exposure time
Suk Lee
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Charles
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Reged: 06/12/03
Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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M65, M66, & NGC 3628
21 March 2004
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Reducer, Sbig 10xme. (RGB)Each channel = 5 x 5min 2x2 bin, (L)12 x 5min 1x1 bin. Sky Cond. 7-8. Stacked in MaxIm Dl and processed in Photoshop CS.
Larger image can be seen at: http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=730&size=big&password=&sort=7&thecat=526
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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hi,
here's an image of NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis taken on March 22 2204 with a Vixen VC200L 8" scope at f6 with an
AP focal reducer and a SBIG ST8E camera. Total exposure is 50 minutes ( 5min x 10 ).
clear skies,
Larry Citro 
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Suk Lee
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Reged: 10/07/03
Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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Getting a jump on the season...
Pelican Nebula in H-alpha shot at Pleasanton, CA, 6/23/03
Takahashi e-160, AP900, ST2000, Schuler H-alpha
4 hours exposure
Larger at: http://home.att.net/~lee.suk/root/deepsky/062603_Pelican.html
Suk Lee
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synner
sage
Reged: 01/13/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Harrow, UK
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Feeling slightly humbled in these surroundings... here's mine.
M51 from the heavily light polluted outskirts of London, England. 04/03/24
75 x 90s unguided exposures. Taken with a ToUcam Pro SC1 through a Vixen VC200L and a 0.5 focal reducer giving f4.5.
Nick King
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MarkK
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/04/04
Posts: 550
Loc: Florida Tampa
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Here is the completed Rosette Nebula
I have been busy the past few days imaging once again. Had to take the Rosette with my FSQ 106 before it was gone.
Mark Keitel
Tak FSQ 106, Image taken March 16th & 17th with a 10nm Ha filter, This past Friday I just got a 6nm Ha filter and will be shooting this same object later on this month to compare the two filters.
Length of time on this is 10 x 1200sec & 10 x 900 sec.
Red 30 x 180 sec 1x
Blue 20 x 250 sec 1x
Green 20 x 180 sec
with a SBIG 10xe
Ha/Red combined to form a Lum layer
Mark
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Charles
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Reged: 06/12/03
Posts: 4111
Loc: Enterprise, AL
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Horsehead and Flame Nebula 24 March 2004
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al.
This image was more a demand of processing skills than imaging skill. This is a combined 2 hour Ha image with a RGB (R)50min (G/B)40 minutes each. The times for the RGB are approximate; I mixed and matched so many different images I forgot the total times involved. To get Alnitak to show its correct size and its companion star, I reduced the glow from around it to almost nothing. To make the picture look semi-natural, I then went back to the original RGB version and cut a large circle from around Alnitak and pasted it in the HaRGB document. I then worked with curves, opacity, and fill to get a light glow that would look natural but also would allow the two stars to shine through.
The Image was taken with a TOA-130, Sbig 10xme, and reducer.
Individual images were combined in MaxIm Dl and all processing was done in Photoshop CS.
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Suk Lee
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Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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M3 shot 3/27/04 in Pleasanton CA
Mewlon 250, 0.75x reducer, AO7, CFW8, ST2000, AP900
RGB = 60, 24, 30 minutes binned 1x1
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MarkK
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/04/04
Posts: 550
Loc: Florida Tampa
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M 16 Ha 6nm SBIG 10xe, Tk FRC 300 F/5.9
Mark Keitel
4/5/04 and 4/4/04 taken from Tampa Florida
10 x 900 sec binned 1x
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Ralph McIntosh
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 908
Loc: Hanau/Germany
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M81 + 82
(11.04.2004)
Ralph McIntosh
200/800mm Newton, 70/700mm Guiding Scope
Canon 10D focal
9 x 9 Minutes ISO800 (5 X 9 Minutes Dark subtracted)
4 x 2 Minutes ISO800
Edited with Giotto, Registax and Photoshop
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http://home.arcor.de/ralph.mcintosh/
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Suk Lee
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Posts: 4315
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
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M13 shot 3/31/04 in Pleasanton CA
Mewlon 250, 0.75x reducer, AO7, CFW8, ST2000, AP900
RGB = 69, 30, 39 minutes binned 1x1
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Dave LoPresti
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/25/03
Posts: 1982
Loc: Preston, Connecticut
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Well, the big guns can't have all the fun all the time  . Here's my humble M57 Ring Nebula. The shot was taken using an Orion 80mm ED and the Digital Rebel prime focus. ISO was 1600 for a 30 second single exposure. Processing on this pic was resizing and some slight curve use in PhotoShop 7.0 (don't know how to do much else yet). The mount is the CG5-GT and no other guiding was used. I'm still a  imager but I love M57 so I figured you may too. 
Dave LoPresti
April 10th around 3 in the morning 
Preston, Connecticut
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Dave L
Meade 10" SCT
TEC 140 SN291
Coronado SolarMax 90mm <.5Å
WO 80mm ZSFD (10th Ann. red)
Tele Vue Pronto
Coronado PST
Canon 18x50 IS
 Wonderful wife 
Edited by Dave LoPresti (04/12/04 01:17 AM)
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