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
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.
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.
Star Trails
Wow!! No submittals in 2007 !!