2007 Astro-tom.com Astrophotography Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2007 astro-photo contest!  Your participation and comments have taught all of us to take better astro-imagery

Each person has won the "Undying Gratitude And Admiration Of Your Fellow Astro-tom.com Site Visitors!!"

 


Best Deep Sky Object

Dana Hall, Rosette Nebula, submitted March 10, 2007

Received 71% of votes

It is an (Ha\L) RGB... 750-180-180-180 minutes... 21.5 hours total exposure time... Taken with a Takahashi TOA-150 with a #67 field flattener and a spike generator attached... Using an STL-11000 camera with Astrodon filters from Summerfield, FL in February, 2007

Dana Hall

 


 

Best Solar System Object

Marc Simpson, The Moon with Saturn, submitted February 3, 2007

Received 60% of votes

Created with 50 images stacked in Autostar suite using the LXD 55 10" and ETX-70 and the Meade LPI.

Marc Simpson

 


 

The Moon

Eric Jacob, Eclipse Sequence, submitted August 29, 2007

(Tie - With himself!) 

Received 50% of the votes

We had an excellent sky until just after totality.  The movies are two versions of the same frames, in case one of them doesn't open. Frames were shot at 5 minute intervals.

The totality frame is a stack of 20. I shot at ISO 1600, it got a little grainy so I stacked a bunch of them.

Eric Jacob

N34 W119

http://www.cheapskate-astro.net/

 

Eric Jacob, Moon, submitted January 2, 2007

(Tie - With himself!)

Received 50% of the votes

All were taken with the Meade DS2130AT setup described on your equipment page. The camera was set to auto, exposure times varied from 1/60 to 1/500 second.

ericjacob613@yahoo.com

 


 

Star Trails

Wow!! No submittals in 2007 !!