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Yoddha: NGC 7129 Nebula and NGC 7142 cluster Imaging: SW MN190, Modified 550D, EM-200, APT (Astro Photography Tool), PHD Guiding: Meade 90mm, DSI 1 Pro Subs: 8x600s = 1h 20min, ISO 1600, no calibration - only dithering Processing: DSS, PS CS3 Location: 2012/8/17, Nedelkovo (890m ASL), Bulgaria Bigger version scully1234: NGC 7129 in Cepheus 24 exposures 5 min @ 1600 + 12 exposures 1 min @ 1600 for star color Imaging scope = C8xlt on the CGEM mount Imaging cam = Canon 450D xsi Guide scope = Orion ED 80 Guide cam = Meade DSI osc Aquisition = Backyard EOS Guided with PHD Stacked in DSS Processing = PS CS5, Noels tools, Star spikes pro srosenfraz: Here's my NGC 7129: High Resolution Image and more image info available at This is a stack of 171 x 3 minutes subs (8 1/2 hours total) using focus stacking with a Celestron C-8, Celestron focal reducer at f/5.8 (1160mm), and a Gary Honis modified Canon 450D (Baader mod). Guiding is with ONAG on-axis guider, Lodestar autoguider, and Phd guiding. Nils_Lars: For my version of this target I went a little different and decided to shoot a widefield of the area to see if there was any dust nearby. It turned out the ED80 gave too wide a field for this so I croped it by 50% and lost some resolution as a result. 26 10min subs with no filter at ISO 800 stacked in DSS then adjusted in PS CS2. Canon 500D(modded) , Orion Atlas mount and the scope was an ED80 with WOVII FR and a 7x40mm finder as a guide scope. Congratulations and good luck to each entrant! * Which Image is our Winner? Users may choose only one (38 total votes) Yoddha: 6 15% scully1234: 12 31% srosenfraz: 15 39% Nils_Lars: 5 13% Edited by Charlie Hein (10/09/12 06:49 AM) Post Extras:       Yoddha Vendor (APT) Reged: 09/25/08 Loc: Sofia-Bulgaria Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5461551 - 10/09/12 02:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Scott! Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: Yoddha]       #5461658 - 10/09/12 06:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Scott - please let us know what the November subject will be as soon as you can! Charlie Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Postmaster Reged: 01/04/08 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5462993 - 10/09/12 10:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Big congrats Scott. Post Extras:       srosenfraz Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/11 Loc: United States Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: Nils_Lars]       #5463174 - 10/10/12 12:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you very much, Ivo, Charlie, and Erik. I really enjoyed this target, as it was very tricky given the faint nebulosity and subtle dark regions in the image. I'm quite honored to have my image selected, as I was extremely impressed with the very high quality of all 3 of the other entries. I think the voting clearly reflected this - all of our images received a respectable split of the vote. As it happens, I didn't vote at all - but I easily could have voted for any one of the other images. So, congrats to Ivo, Scully, and Erik for their excellent images! I'd like November's target to be NGC 772 - a very cool Arp galaxy with lots faint, fuzzy friends. Post Extras:       mmalik Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/13/12 Loc: USA Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: srosenfraz]       #5463258 - 10/10/12 02:08 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Scott, congratulations; I am new to this challenge thing. Can you explain how it is done, how to enter, rules, timelines, etc. How target is picked; are you suggesting NGC 772 or is IT the target for Nov.? Details will be appreciated. Thx Post Extras:       srosenfraz Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/11 Loc: United States Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: mmalik]       #5463742 - 10/10/12 12:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Mike - Thank you for the congrats. As far as entering the contest, rules, etc - Each month when Charlie posts the Challenge Submission thread, he includes the rules at the top of the posting. So, to find out about it, you can look at the October 2012 DSLR Challenge submission thread. To enter your submission, just reply to Charlie's posting and include your image, links to hi res version (optional) and image info. As far as choosing the targets - whoever wins the contest for a month chooses the target for the following month. So, Bruno won the August Challenge (voting done in September), and he chose October's target as NGC 7293 (Helix nebula). Similarly, I won the September challenge (voting in October), and I've chosen NGC 772 as the target. For clarity - NGC 772 IS the target for November's challenge - have fun with it! Post Extras:       mmalik Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/13/12 Loc: USA Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: srosenfraz]       #5465965 - 10/11/12 08:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Scott for the info! Post Extras:       alpal Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/15/09 Loc: Melbourne Australia. Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: mmalik]       #5466300 - 10/12/12 03:44 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats Scott, I did vote for your's but all the 4 images were high quality so it was a difficult choice. Post Extras:       srosenfraz Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/11 Loc: United States Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge Poll! [Re: alpal]       #5466763 - 10/12/12 11:59 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You're welcome, Mike. Thanks Al - I agree with you 100%. Post Extras:       scully1234 Vendor Stars in My Backyard Reged: 09/04/07 Loc: Rush, NY Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge winner - srosenfraz! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #5467148 - 10/12/12 05:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice Scott ! All those exposures stacked up really pays off ! Congratz ! Post Extras:       srosenfraz Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/11 Loc: United States Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge winner - srosenfraz! [Re: scully1234]       #5468098 - 10/13/12 11:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you, Scully - I thought your image was quite incredible itself! Post Extras:       HHastro scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/22/07 Loc: Germany, City of Hamburg Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge winner - srosenfraz! [Re: srosenfraz]       #5481425 - 10/21/12 04:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats Scott! Very nice image of an unusual nebula! Best: Bruno Post Extras:       bilgebay Post Laureate Reged: 11/06/08 Loc: Türkiye - Istanbul and Marmari... Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge winner - srosenfraz! [Re: HHastro]       #5481430 - 10/21/12 04:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Scott. Fantastic image indeed. But as you agree, all the others are beautiful too. Post Extras:       srosenfraz Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/11 Loc: United States Re: Sep12 DSLR Challenge winner - srosenfraz! [Re: bilgebay]       #5482602 - 10/21/12 08:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you very much for your kind comments, Bruno and Sedat - I really appreciate it! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 13 registered and 18 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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