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April Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll
      #953156 - 05/12/06 06:19 PM

Welcome to the April Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching contest!

Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imagnig and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives a Cloudy Nights t-shirt!

Please take a moment to rate each of the following images on a scale from 1 to 5. At the conclusion of the poll, the total of all ratings for each entry will be tabulated, and the the entry with the highest overall rating will be chosen as the winner of the Challenge.

This poll will remain open through Tuesday, April 16th

Here are the entries for April 2006!


CCD Forum winner:
Dean Rowe
Object: Bode's Galaxy (M81) & Holmberg IX
Location: Conifer, Colorado
Date: April 19-20 2006

Image and equipment data:
480 minutes LRGB 240:80:80:80 with 5 minute subs, lum binned 1x1 and RGB binned 2x2
APM-TMB1200LW on an AP1200
ST10MXE with Astrodon LRGB filters




Sketching Forum winner:
Bullialdus
Name: Erika Rix
Location: Zanesville, Ohio
Date: 2005-11-12 (0100-0300UT)
Telescope: 10" LX200 Classic
Barlow: none
Filters: none
EP: 8mm TV Plossl with diagonal
Medium: Rite in Rain paper, charcoal




Film forum winner:
Paul Lennous
M3
Taken March 26 at around 1:40 AM at Pedernales Falls State Park
C8 at f/6.3
1 hour hand guided exposure on Fuji Provia 400 film
No post processing other than scanning the slide and cropping




Beginning Imaging Winner:
Image by 2020BC
Subject: NGC 3372 Eta Carina and the Keyhole Nebula
Camera: Canon 350D (unmodified) Prime Focus
Scope: Unguided Meade LXD-75 SN-8, MPCC Coma Corrector
Exposure: 44 x 30secs, ISO 1600, Noise Reduction On.
Field: 1.25 degrees wide (approx.)
Location: Canberra, Australia 27Apr06 (1100-1230hrs) UTC
Processing: Aligned and stacked in MaxDSLR. Processed in ImageReady. Composited core.





DSLR Forum winner:
Mike B.
The Black Eye Galaxy, M64 on 4/30/06. C-8 F/6.3 (1260mm), 40x150 sec @ 1600 ISO. Hutech Type 1 modified Canon 350 XT.

Dean Rowe - CCD
Users may choose only one (34 total votes)
5 Points
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15 44%
4 Points
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15 44%
3 Points
-
2 05%
2 Points
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1 02%
1 Point
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1 02%
Erika Rix - Sketching
Users may choose only one (35 total votes)
5 Points
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22 62%
4 Points
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11 31%
3 Points
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2 05%
2 Points
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0 0%
1 Point
-
0 0%
Paul Lennous - Film
Users may choose only one (33 total votes)
5 Points
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2 06%
4 Points
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9 27%
3 Points
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14 42%
2 Points
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6 18%
1 Point
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2 06%
2020BC - Beginning Imaging
Users may choose only one (33 total votes)
5 Points
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10 30%
4 Points
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10 30%
3 Points
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11 33%
2 Points
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1 03%
1 Point
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1 03%
Mike B. - DSLR
Users may choose only one (33 total votes)
5 Points
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10 30%
4 Points
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15 45%
3 Points
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5 15%
2 Points
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1 03%
1 Point
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2 06%


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