Just got the new Sky at Night magazine and my M42 from a couple of months back is image of the month, can't believe it, I sent it in at the end of october and was told there was a chance I'd get image of the month, when the December issue came out i was gutted because they didn't have any reader images at all. I guess they offset everything a month because they published the calendar last month.
My only regret is I don't think the CMYK conversion has been too kind to the faint parts of my image and a lot of the darker nebulosity has been lost in the printed image.
apart from that though, im ecstatic!
Daniel
:O)
looks like the drinks are on you then, congratulations. :lol:
Well done Daniel - you ought to be really proud of that achievement.
Would you repost it here to remind us what it looked like - I don't get Sky at Night :-(
Mark
I saw it today in a newsagents, well done Daniel!!!! We know what you look like now!!!
Thanks Guy's, Here's the image I submitted (downscaled a bit of course) you'll see there's quite a bit more nebulosity that didn't show up in print.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3160686224_1458828d4b_o.jpg)
Well deserved. That is certainly a lovely image.
Mark
Lovely Daniel
well done mate.
Daniel,
Posted about this yesterday, but wasn't sure if it was you or not. Here is the original thread, anyway Congratulation again Daniel
http://forum.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/index.php?topic=3966.msg21290#msg21290 (http://forum.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/index.php?topic=3966.msg21290#msg21290)
Tony G
PS Personally I like the spikes. 8)
Very nice Daniel, a well deserved Image of the month! Is it an APOD next for you then ?
Hehehe, don't think I'll be attempting to get an image on APOD for a while yet, though, you never know, my next imaging night will be with the hyperstar, so we'll see what kind of images that comes up with.
Had a nightmare moment over christmas when I tried to attach the hyperstar, the ring on the front of the SCT wouldn't come off and I thought for a while I'd been sold a non-hyperstar model.
Fortunately, I had another go tonight using some rubber gloves for better grip and and It came off, so next chance I get I'll be using the hyperstar, can't wait............
.............Unfortunately, whilst trying to unscrew the ring from the front of the SCT i rotated the secondary mirror out of colimation, though i think I may have fixed it.
Daniel
:O)
Well done Daniel, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you've been imaging for that long, so this is a real achievement.
QuoteWe know what you look like now!!!
Yes it would be nice to see the face that goes with the posts, can some-one post Daniel's photo as I don't get Sky at Night.
Or put in an appearance at a meeting, then it can be:
Quotelooks like the drinks are on you then
I like the diffraction spikes personally but then that's my artistic eye saying that as it makes a pretty picture even if not astronimically correct.
Carole