Wycombe Astronomical Society

Photo Competition 2012

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February beginners class            Return to 2013 page

Winner - Peter Phelps

Image of Comet Garrad              Scroll down for latest results

Taken on 27th November 2011

C6NGT unguided - Canon 20D

15 x 60 subs

DSS and Photoshop elements

February advanced class

Winner - David Godwin

Image of M42

It was taken on the 20th January using my new 120 mm refractor,
Canon OES 450 camera and HEQ5 mount.

I took about a hundred images with exposures ranging from
2 to 50 seconds at ISO 1600, and stacked them together
in Deep Sky Stacker, followed by some work with Photoshop.

Runners up -

Beginner’s class - 2nd Jan Dell, no 3rd  or 4th

Advanced class - 2nd & 3rd Pat Clough, no 4th

April beginners class

Winner - Sarah Whittaker

Aurora in Finland

Canon EOS 400D, F2.8, 11mm, 15 seconds ISO 1600

April advanced class

Winner - Morton Hardaker

Canon EOS 500D with 18 - 55 kit lens at 18mm,

F3.5, 20 seconds, ISO 800

Runners up -

Beginners class - 2nd Peter Phelps, 3rd Jackie Harris, 4th Sarah Whittaker  

Advanced class - 2nd Pat Clough, 3rd & 4th David Godwin,

June - beginners class

Winner - Clive Lumbars

Rainbow at Waddesdon Hill

Kodak 2D710

ISO 64

f3.6

1/320 s

June - advanced class

Winner - Pat Clough

Solar Prominence - 30/5/12

DMK21 with 2.5x Powerrmate on Solarmax II 60DS

Single pane from a 2000 frame AVI stacked and

wavelet sharpened in Registax 6.

Blue Planet added in Photoshop

Runners up -

Beginners class - 2nd Richard Jenkinson, 3rd  Andrew Biddden, 4th Peter Phelps

Advanced class - 2nd David Godwin, 3rd Sandy Giles

July - beginners class

Winnrer - Richard Jenkinson

This shot was taken from my back garden in Chesham on 15th June 12 about 0730......yes we had sun that morning!

I have a DSLR Sony a33 attached to a Baader Hyperion zoom set at 12 mm mounted onto my PST which in turn is mounted to a camera tripod.

The following day the sun hurled 2 large CME’s towards us.

It was polished up using Photoshop

July - advanced class

Winner  - Pat Clough

Our Sun is on FIRE!

QHY5 (normally my guiding camera) on Solarmax II 60 DS with CGEM DX mount.

Approx 100 of 500 frames stacked and sharpened in Registax 6.

Colour added and some brightness adjustment in Photoshop.

13/5/12

Runners up -

Beginners class - 2nd Alun

Advanced class - 2nd Morton Hardaker

September - Beginners class

Winner - Richard Jenkinson

The ISS taken at the Perseid Barbeque

Pictures taken with my tripod mounted Sony DSLR  a 33 using an electronic shutter release.....exposure 30 seconds, F5.6,  ISO 400

This is one of  a series of images.

September - advanced class

Winner - David Godwin

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) with M110 and M32 taken 15th September 2012

It was clouding over so I did a high speed imaging session using my 120mm refractor on an HEQ5 (unguided) mount and Canon EOS 60d camera.

I took about 30 exposures of 15 sec duration with an ISO setting of  6400, and also 10 dark frames. They were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and tweaked in Photoshop.

The image is quite noisy due to the high ISO setting but does have nice sharp stars due to the short exposure times.

Runners up

Beginners class - 2nd Peter Phelps

Advanced class - 2nd Pat Clough

November - Beginners Class

Winner - Peter Phelps

Comet 168P Hegenrother

12 October 2012

Celestron 6" Newtonian

CGEM Mount unguided

Canon 450D unmodded + light pollution filter

25 x 60s frames stacked in DSS + Photoshop Elements 2

November -Advanced Class

Winner - David Godwin

‘Jupiter and Moons’

It was taken on 5th November at 2300 with a 120mm refractor, 2x Barlow and Canon EOS 60d camera.

The moons (from top – Europa, Io, Ganymede and Callisto) were taken normally with an exposure of 1 sec at ISO 400.

To get extra detail in Jupiter I used the ‘image crop’ video mode on the camera, with the frames stacked in Registax.

Runners up

Beginners Class - Richard Jenkinson

Advanced Class -Pat Clough