The March 2011 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll is now open! The winning sketch or image in this contest will be posted to the front page of the Cloudy Nights Website for the whole world to see and admire.
You may ask - how good are these guys? Well, see for yourself - here is the list of this month's finalists with their work:
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Finalist - Nils_Lars:
I had a lucky chance to capture all of the data for this in my backyard with this target going through the only opening in the trees a couple months ago and ive been holding onto it.
Finally sat down and processed it out sepperatly and then couldnt get my mosaic software Autopano to recognize these as a group so with advice from others I tried combining it in PS as just layers.
The top section is 14 10min subs and the bottom 21 10min subs ISO 1600 with 6nm Ha filter , stacked in DSS then adjusted in PS CS2. Canon 500D(modded) , Orion Atlas mount and the scope is a Orion ED80 refractor with .8 FR and with a 7x40mm finder as a guide scope.
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Leonardo70:
M106 - Seyfert Galaxy
Optics: GSO RC 10" F8 2000mm - Astrograph Ritchie-Chrétien
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO on Gemini Q-Lock tripod
Camera: ATIK 4000LE with SX USB Filter Wheel
Filters: Baader LRGB 2" - H-Alpha 7nm
Guiding Systems: SXV-AO-LF Active Optics - SX Lodestar
Dates/Times: 22/23/24/25/26 Marzo 2011
Location: Pragelato (Torino) - Alps - Italy
Exposure Details: L:H:R:G:B => 535:270:120:90:105
Cooling Details: -20 °C
Acquisition: Maxim DL/CCD, Perseus
Processing: CCDStack2, PS CS2, GradientXTerminator
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - Asimov:
Taken on the morning of the 25th March 2011/14:44UT.
Name: John Earl.
Location: Bundaberg QLD AU.
Telescope: C11 on EQ6.
Camera: IS DBK21.
Just over 5000 stacked in nice seeing @ F32 (2X barlow + extension).
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Roel:
This is my submission to this month's contest: AR 1176 in H-Alpha. It was very active with some small but bright proms and and a nice filament.
So don't delay! Visit the March 2011 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll and vote for the best of the best!
