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Untitled Document Best Overall Photo Winners


M16, The Eagle Nebula 6" LXD55 Schmidt-Newt @ f/5 Losmandy G-11 mount StarlightXpress HX916 CCD camera, SBIG CFW8 filters LRGB image, times: 80:20:16:18 luminance through red filter Taken May 13, 2002 from my back yard in Escondido, CA

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Subject: California Nebula Exposure: 40 minutes Processing: Scanned at 2800 dpi, Minolta Dimage SE Image processing: Photoshop Telescope: Meade 8" SN f4 Camera: Nikon F2 with 6X focuser Mount: Losmandy G-11 Guiding: ST4 Film: Elite Chrome 200 Location: Hecker Pass, CA Date: February 20, 2003

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Prime Focus


Leo Trio. m65, m66, and NGC3628. 1 image with Olympus OM-1, fuji superia 800, and LXD5510" SN. Cleaned up in Adobe. Matt Maness

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Sombrero galaxy, 2003/02/01 Meade lxd55 SN 8" f/4 Camera Mintron, PCMCIA ImperX 111 x 128 frames

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Color Filter set courtesy of ScopeTronix
M42 LXD 55 10" UHTC SLR Kodak ISO 800 1 minute unguided balanced and cropped with MS Photo Editor

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Afocal


Taken at Portsmouth, RI May 16,2003 with SN10", Canon G2 digital camera, 4 sec exposure, eyepiece projection using Scopetronix DigiT adapter with 32mm eyepiece

PRIZE
A Maxview 40 Eyepiece courtesy of ScopeTronix


Mare Humorum & Gassendi. Taken 4/12/3. Meade LXD55 SN10" UHTC, TeleVue 2X Barlow & Meade 35mm Plossl EP projection. Nikon Coolpix800 digital camera w/ Scoptronix adapter at 400 ASA.

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Eyepiece courtesy of Siebert Optics

 


Clavius and Tycho craters taken with Nikon CP4500 digital on automatic, attached to a Meade 102APO and a Teleview 17mm T4 Nagler and Teleview Digital camera adapter, all mounted on my LXD55 mount

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Opti-Dry courtesy of AstroPro Products

 

1st Place Piggyback


Horsehead, date 22/02/03 from Rufina - Florence (ITALY) sum of 16 frames from 20 to 60 sec. each, with Tele Zeiss 180mm f/2.8 open at f/5.6 piggyback on LXD55 SN8" mount, with CCD StarlightXpress MX716 and IR cut filter. External temperature of 0°C.

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Eyepiece courtesy of Siebert Optics

Are you wondering when the next contest is? Stay tuned to LXD55.com for a Fall annoucement!