Digital Camera Astrophotography Gallery

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April
2003
Sun and Moon

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04
03

Best of Group


Ginger Mayfield [website]
Canon D60, TV85 on Tom O. tracking platform, No eye piece but did use 2x barlow, 1/350 sec, 100 ISO for surface shot. 1/20 sec, 100 ISO for prominence shot. , Composite of two images, combined and processed with Images Plus and Photoshop., Flare, the large bright area, just lasted a few minutes. Taken 4-4-03 at 2019 UT
.

04
03

Runner Up

Tim Carleton [website]
nikon 5000, Tak FS 102, 14 Radian televue 28mm nagler adaptor nikon ur-e6, 1/8 sec f 4.8 iso 100 , 8 images stacked in registax,

April
2003
M51

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04
03

Best of Group


Johannes Schedler [website]
Canon D60, C11 at f/5, primefocus, 3x600 sec and 7x300 sec at ISO200 , ImagesPlus for calibration, Photoshop for adjustments, autoguided at good transparency

04
03

Runner Up

Martial Figenwald [website]
Canon D60, Taka Epsilon 160/530 on em200b, iso 800, 1x236sec, jpeg fine , Photoshop : Levels adjustments,


March
2003
M35

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03
03

Best of Group


Mark Hanson
D60
Tak FSQ 106
Prime Focus
ISO 400, Large JPG, 10-150sec.images. Dark subtracted.
Images Plus and Photoshop.
Wide field M35 along with NGC2158 and IC 2157.

03
03

Runner Up

Kurt Friedrich [website]
cp4500
Orion US 90mm
WO28 (24mm)
240sec ISO 200 manually guided
5 pics, align median IP
M35 - Full size has more noise, but NGC-2158
is sort of visable on the left upper edge


March
2003
Open

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03
03

Best of Group


Mark Hanson
D60
Tak FSQ 106
Prime Focus
ISO 400, Large JPG, 11-300sec.images.
Images Plus and Photoshop.
IC 443 Size: 50' x 40' a Supernova Remnant in the Constellation Gemini near Propus, eta Geminorum, the brightest star at magnitude 3.7 in the field of this photo. IC 444 is a small, 8 x 4 arc minute reflection nebula surrounding the 7th magnitude star 12 Geminorum, visible at the upper left of the photo.

03
03

Runner Up

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60
4x TeleVue Powermate
1/15-1/3sec ISO 100
Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop.
The wispy appearance in the prominence on the limb belies the massive energy realeased as it unfurls, spanning a distance many earth-diameters in breadth. Vestiges of the underlying sunspot activity at AR306 (lower left) puncture the brighter surface, surrounded by a contingent of filament tendrils.

February
2003
Moon Crater

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02
03

Best of Group


Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60
8" Mak-Newt
Stacked pair of TeleVue Powermates (2x and 4x)
1 second ISO 100
Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop.
Archimedes

02
03

Runner Up

Wes Higgins
Wes Higgins
Olympus R100RS
14.5 Starmaster
18mm Radian / Televue Adapter
ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 7x Optical Zoom, Shooting at 15 Frames Per Second
17 images stacked in Registax, Processed in Imagesplus ,Adaptive Unsharp Mask
Ptolemaeus Crater Region

February
2003
Constellation

(see all the entries)

02
03

Best of Group


Johannes Schedler [website]
D60
Canon lens 50mm at f/2.8
none

ImagesPlus and Photoshop 6.0
5 x 300 sec added

02
03

Runner Up

Mark Hanson
D60
FSQ 106
M45 Pleiades
ISO 400, Jpg large
Stacked and Processed in Images Plus.
8-6min exposures and 10 averaged dark frames.

January
2003
M44 - Beehive Cluster

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01
03

Best of Group


Mark Hanson
CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 5-120sec & 10-90sec ISO 400. , Stacked and processed in Images Plus.

01
03

Runner Up

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 0.8x reducer/flattener, 3 minutes at ISO 1000 , 12 Images, median combined, mild RL restorarion, and stretched via Images Plus , Inadvertently left camera in ISO1000 after "centering" test shot... Ooops! (was going to use ISO200 at about 5 minutes)

January
2003
Jupiter!

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01
03

Best of Group


Wes Higgins
Olympus C-2100
14.5 Starmaster
18mm Radian / Televue Adapter
ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom
29 Images Stacked ,Registax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction
Moons - Io, Ganymede, Callisto

01
03

Runner Up

Mark Hanson
CP5000 at 3x Digital Zoom, 12"LX200, WO 24mm, ISO 100, 1/60sec using the HS Sequence feature on the CP5000 , 42 pics Stacked and processed in Images Plus., Jupiter, GRS, Callisto & Io The shadow is actually Callisto transiting the face of Jupiter and the moon to the upper right is IO. Taken on 1/1/03 at around 1:40am

December
2002
Open DSO

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12
02

Best of Group


Mark Hanson
CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 23-5min exposures 17@ISO400 and 6@ISO800 , Stacked and processed in IP

12
02

Runner Up

Robert Malinowski
D60, 102ED , Prime Focus 6x5min Iso 800 , ImagesPlus Photoshop 7.0, M42

December
2002
Saturn!

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12
02

Best of Group


Wes Higgins
Olympus C-2100, 14.5 Starmaster, 18mm Radian / Televue Adapter, ISO 100, full manual, 1/10 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom , 220 Images Stacked ,RegiStax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction

12
02

Runner Up

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, 8" Mak-Newt, Stacked TeleVue 2X and 4X Powermates , ~150 ISO 100 images at 1/3sec, and 4 ISO 400 at 35 secs. , Processed with Images Plus using Adobe PhotoShop for compositing and final touches.


Bob Shabowski
CP4500, 10" SCT F10, 12mm Nagler 4, ISO100 1/4s , 57 images stacked with Registax, Cropped using Ifanview, some adj in Photoshop, Taken on Dec 10th, 2002. I used 1600x1200 which allowed me to push the final resolution.

November
2002
Open Solar System

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11
02

Best of Group


Ken Schmidt
Olympus 3040Z, Starmaster 14.5, 9 Nagler, 1/4 second,ISO 100, , ImagesPlus/Photoshop, taken at the fall star party in Chiefland,Fl

11
02

Runner Up

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 2X Powermate, ISO100 1/60 & 1/20 sec , Images Plus Adobe PhotoShop, Disk and prominence images combined and false colored.

November
2002
Leonids!

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11
02

Best of Group


Larry Soule
Canon Powershot G2, 15 second exposure ISO 400 , None, Taken near Santa Cruz, California

11
02

Runner Up

James C. Lerch [website]
Sony DSC-F707, NA, NA, Iso 400, 15sec , PSP Gamma, Contrast, Brightness, Centering, Field Rotation, Stacked in K3CCD tools using "If Lighter" option, 11 Single Frames

October
2002
M45 - Pleidades

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10
02

Best of Group


Johannes Schedler [website]
Canon D60, 105 mm TMB refractor, none, ISO800, WB sunny , dark subtraction, Photoshop, 4 x 300 sec exposure Mag 6 sky

10
02

Runner Up

Mike Unsold [website]
Canon D60, 76mm Televue APO, Primary focus, 12 x 300 second exposure at ISO400 , Processed in ImagesPlus,

October
2002
Asteriods!

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10
02

Best of Group


Philipp Salzgeber
Coolpix 4500
Vixen R-130S
cheap 20mm Kellner, Vixen Digital Camera adapter
ISO 200, NR, bulb ~20 sec.
Aligning in Photoshop, Animation in ImageReady
September
2002
Open - Anniversary Challenge
09
02

Best of Group

Paul Hyndman The Sun
09
02

Runner Up

Mike Unsold M45
September
2002
M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster
09
02

Best of Group

Mike Unsold
09
02

Runner Up

Denis Slattery
August
2002
M31 - The Andromeda Gallaxy
08
02

Best of Group

Joe Jones
08
02

Runner Up

Johannes Schedler
August
2002
Double Stars
08
02

Best of Group

Gregory Pruden 61 Cyg
08
02

Runner Up

Joe Jones - Double Double in Lyra
July
2002
M57 The Ring Nebula
07
02

Best of Group

Johannes Schedler
07
02

Runner Up

Mike Unsold
July
2002
Venus
07
02

Best of Group

Nan Crowell
07
02

Runner Up

Daniel Ethier
June
2002
Lunar Crater
06
02

Best of Group

Wes Higgins
06
02

Runner Up

Paul Hyndman
June
2002
Eclipse etc.
06
02

Best of Group

Ralph Encarnacion
06
02

Best of Group

Eric Fehr
06
02

Runner Up

Ginger Mayfield
May
2002
M13
05
02

Best of Group

Ken Schmidt
05
02

Runner Up

Denis Slattery
May
2002
Planetary Alignment
05
02

Best of Group


Les Marczi


Ginger Mayfield

05
02

Runner Up

Gregory Pruden
April
2002
Open Messier
04
02

Best of Group


M5 by Paul Hyndman
03
02

Runner Up

M57 by Arpad Kovacsy
April
2002
The Sun
04
02

Best of Group


Markus Ridder
04
02

Runner Up


Chotechai Piyavongsiri
March
2002
M1 - The Crab Nebula
03
02

Best of Group

Johannes Schedler
03
02

Runner Up

Wes Higgins
March
2002
Open Tripod/Piggyback
03
02

Best of Group

Tom Carney
03
02

Runner Up

Ken Florentino
February
2002
M45 - Pleidades
02
02

Best of Group


Ian Hodgkinson

02
02

Best of Group
 

Johannes Schedler
02
02

Runner Up

Gary Tollefson
February 2002 The Moon
02
02

Best of Group
 

Paul Hyndman
02
02

Runner Up

Mike Hadley 
January
2002
M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
01
02

Best of Group
 

Wes Higgins
01
02

Runner Up

Gregory Pruden
December
2001
Open Challenge
12
01

Best of Group

Johannes Schedler
12
01

Runner Up

Gary Tollefson
12
01

Runner Up
 

Denis Slattery
November
2001
Saturn
11
01

Best of Group

Bob Reim
11
01

Runner Up

G. Kiss
11
01

Runner Up
 

Wes Higgins
October
2001
Jupiter
10
01

Best of Group

Wes Higgins
 
10
01

Runner Up
  

Bob Reim
September
2001
The Moon
09
01

Best of Group
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Wes Higgins
09
01

Runner Up
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Tom Zefo
August 10
2001
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