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San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA)

SFAA Annual Photography Contest

We have been accepting photos for this year's SFAA Photography Contest!
The deadline for entry is December 20th, 2007. Send an email to with your entries attached.

Here are the photos submitted by some our club members:

Jared Wilson #1 - Flame Nebula
12/1/2007 - Oakland, CA x6 5 min exp for luminosity; x3 5 min exposures for red & blue; x1 5 min exposure for green Captured in Equinox Image; calibrated in MaximDL; post processed in Photoshop CS2 Losmandy GM-8 Mount; FLT-110 APO; SBIG STL-11000M camera

Jared Wilson #2 - Horsehead Nebula
12/1/2007 - Oakland, CA x6 5 min exp for luminosity; x3 5 min exposures for red & blue; x1 5 min exposure for green Captured in Equinox Image; calibrated in MaximDL; post processed in Photoshop CS2 Losmandy GM-8 Mount; FLT-110 APO; SBIG STL-11000M camera

Cheryl Schudel #1 - Mt Tam Sunset

Cheryl Schudel #2 - Milky Way

Cheryl Schudel #3 - Orion Nebula

Norman Mahan #1 - Rosette Nebula
12" Astro Systeme Austria 12" w/ AstroDon filters & SBIG 6303

Robert Berta #1; Sharpless II#157 close to Bubble Nebula; Taken w/ narrow band filters Ha, SII, OIII. (odd colors which represent different emission bands). hoto taken Spring from Cadilac Michigan.

Robert Berta #2; Sharpless II#240 aka Simeis 147 in Taurus and near Elnath. Taken in winter.

Robert Berta #3; Sharpless II #115 and Abell 71 in Cygnus near Deneb; the small round planetary is Abell 71. Taken summer from Cadilac,Michigan and Macomb, Michigan

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