Telescope Reviews: Dec07 CN Imaging-Sketching Contest Finals Poll!

Welcome to the December 2007 Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest poll!

Each month the best images selected from the individual Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching forums will be presented for the userbase to vote on. The monthly winner receives the coveted Cloudy Nights t-shirt! At the conclusion of the poll, the entry with the highest total will be the winner of the contest..

Please choose your favorite out of all the images. This poll will remain open through January 15th at midnight EST.

Here are the entries for December!

Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Jeff J.:

M1 - Crab Nebula

13 October 2007
Las Cruces, NM USA

Celestron 8" SCT CF XLT @ F6.3
Takahashi EM200 Temma II
SXV-H9C, SXV guider on WOZS66

2x5min, 25x4min

Captured, LRGB extracted/aligned AstroArt3. Processed AstroArt3, PS7.

Jeffrey Johnson

Film Astrophotography's Finalist - RALF_T:

As you can see: M1. Photographed with a 12"/f5.3 Newtonian. It´s a composite of 2 shots, 35 and 45 minutes on Kodak Royal 200. First, both negatives were scanned and combined in PS. Second, a print was made(from the 45 minute shot), scanned too, and finally combined with the negative scans.

DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Strgazr27:

This was a "First Light" for my new Hutech MN-74 and Modded 40D riding on my CGE. Guided with an AT66/DSI Pro/PHD combo

NGC2244
15X300 ISO 800
Darks and Flats
Calibrated in IP Version 3
Stacked in Registar
Final processing in PSCS2

CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - DeepSpaceViews:

Hello,
This image of the Witch Head Nebula was taken from the 2007 Black Forest Star Party in PA.
Telescope- Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Mount- Takahashi EM-500 Temma II
Camera- SBIG STL-11000M
Filters- Astrodon L,R,G,B
All channels were taken at 8 x 10min exposures bin 1x1.
Processed in CCDStack & Adobe Photoshop CS2

A larger version can be seen here http://deepspaceviews.com/2007%20BFSP%20Witch%20Head%20Image.htm

Thank you,
Stephen T. Roffo Jr

Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Anto:

Here's my best 2007 image of Mars:

Best regards, Antonello

Sketching Forum's Finalist - John K:

here is mars,a late night sketch.I couldnt pass up the little bit of detail that I was seeing.I live under the jet stream most of the time so when I saw mars this good ... well here you go.

Good Luck to all our finalists!

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Which Image is our Winner?
Users may choose only one (669 total votes)

Beginning Imaging's Finalist - Jeff J.:

65 09%

Film Astrophotography's Finalist - RALF_T:

7 01%

DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Strgazr27:

98 14%

CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - DeepSpaceViews:

264 39%

Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Anto:

159 23%

Sketching Forum's Finalist - John K:

76 11%

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