Hello Folks!
The October 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:
Film Astrophotography - Michal1:
Cassiopeia and Andormeda
Pentax 6x7 with Takumar 105mm lens at f/4 on LXD-75 mount.
90min exposure on Kodak E200 film.
Taken on 30th Aug. which was the first night in my life I get sure I can see stars up to 7.3 mag. Later in the night, when this image was taken, hight clouds came which caused the haloes around the stars.
Processing: Levels, curves, saturation in Zoner Photo Studio. SCNR function of PixInsight LE was applied. Contrast slightly increased using IDRMyImage.
Photographed near the Votice town in the Czech Republic by Michal Bilek (Michal1).
DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing's Finalist - Barry E.:
Date: 10/25/2011
Target: NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula
Telescope: 8" f/4.9
Camera: Canon 40D (modified, cooled)
Filter: IDAS LPS
Exposures: 49x300s (4h) @ ISO1600
Reduced in size and quality to meet posting guidelines.
CCD Imaging & Processing's Finalist - raxxla:
Cepheus/vdb149-150 + Ldn1235
Tele Vue NP101is, QHY9m CCD, Baader 2" LRGB filters, SX-USBFW automated filter wheel.
Skywatcher HEQ5Pro mount.
Autoguiding with QHY5 cam + good 20 year old 60mm refractor
Autofocus with TV focusmate driver + focusmaster .
LRGB shot of 6.8 hours as follows:
L:27x10m
R:9x5m
G:9x5m
B:9x6.5m
Scale 25% of original size plus a few pixels crop to downsize to 800x600.
Location : Tsoukalades / Lefkada Island /Greece
Thank you for looking!
Solar System Imaging's Finalist - HANTO:
Hello,
would like to give this one a try.
Important data listed in the image.
Sketching Forum's Finalist - Michael11:
Sketch of M34 open star cluster, which was observed from moderately dark location with 8" newtonian. Usually being a binocular target for me - I realized that cluster is quite striking at moderately sized instrument and a wide field eyepiece (2.2 degrees field of view in this case)
object: M34 open cluster, magnitude 5.5m
location: Britain park, Israel (~6.0 NELM)
instrument: 8" F/5 newtonian, 31m Hyperion eyepiece
date and time: 27.08.2011 , 03:30
graphite pencil sketch on white paper (inverted)
So don't delay! Visit the October 2011 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll and vote for the best of the best!
