I am pleased to announce the winner of the July 2009 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Igor Chekalin:
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi region.
June 21 and 22 '2009 At Crimean_Astrophysical_Observatory, during "Southern Nights 2009" amateur astronomers festival.
33x5min @ ISO800, unfiltered
Canon 350Da(baader filter mod), Nikkor ED 180/2.8 (@ 2.8) lens with Nikon->EOS adapter EQ6Pro SynScan equatorial mount. Auto-guiding (TAL-75R 75mm refractor plus QHY6CCD) Iris for calibration & stacking, and Photoshop for post-processing.
To all of you who took the time to stop by and vote for your favorite submission - thank you so much! Your participation really makes the contest!
To all the contestants - every one of your submissions is worthy of winning. Congratulations to all of you on a job done very well indeed!
Igor Chekalin, congratulations on your win! Please contact me via PM with your t-shirt size and also the address where you want us to send it!
Charlie
-------------------- "He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy