Telescope Reviews: Mar10 POLL REDUX! VOTE NOW!

Welcome to the CN version of stupid moderator tricks! Somehow I caused the poll to shut down early - we will re-run the poll for three days so that everyone has a fresh chance - vote now and lobby your friends to get out the vote as well! You only have a short period of time to get this done! CH

Here are the DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Semi-Finalists in the CN Imaging and Sketching Contest for March 2010:

Barry E.:

Date: 3/5/2010
Target: M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
Telescope: Orion 8" f/4.9 w/Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector
Camera: Canon 40D (modified)
Filter: None
Exposures: 36x300s (3.0h) @ ISO800
Framing: North is up, 60% Crop

PVdE:

Title: Surfing the wave
Subject: Northern lights over Laukvik (Lofoten Islands, Norway)
Date: March 18th 2010
Camera: Canon EOS 450D (= Rebel Xsi) (modified)
Lens: Peleng 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
Exposure time: 13 seconds @ISO 1600

Peter Van den Eijnde,
Antwerp, Belgium

RALF_T:

Here is another Whirlpool.

Data:
12"/f5.3 Newtonian
Canon 1000d, modified
ISO 800
10x10min
Guiding OAG and eye
Processed in DSS and PS

kost973:

M45
75x6 min ISO 1600
canon 350D (baader mod.)
sw 80ED+WOII0.8,EQ6Pro
suburban sky (15 km from the city)
temperature of -16C (first night) and -19C (second)
iris,ps cs4

Garvis:

Hello,

Here is a capture of the Rosette Nebula taken on 3/17/2010 and the photo info:

Scope Meade Series 5000 3 Element 80ED
Focal Length: 480 w/field flattener
Camera: Hutech Mod Canon 450D w/LP2 clip filter
ISO: 1600
9 Images of 3.5 minutes each (31.5 mins total)
16 Darks
No Flats or Bias

Stacked, Combined, Scaled, and Processed in IP 3.8
and Post Processed in CS4

sponka:

NGC2238

8 images at iso200 with 900 sec per image
EOS 300da
mount OTEII
scope GSO200/800 newton with Baader MPCC
autoguided with MGEN standaloneguider
image processing PixInsight

Stefan

Please note that voting will conclude on April 9th at Midnight EST.

Many thanks to all who took part in the contest!

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Which Image goes to the Finals?
Users may choose only one (56 total votes)

Barry E.:

26 46%

PVdE:

12 21%

RALF_T:

3 05%

kost973:

1 01%

Garvis:

7 12%

sponka:

7 12%