Ice in Space 2009 Compendium - images

[Omaroo]

Hi everyone :)

To our astro imagers - the time has come to start preparing your images for inclusion in our 80-odd page compendium. :thumbsup: Please DO NOT PM me with any images just yet - read on.

Mike Salway will be issuing a statement soon regarding costs, etc, so I'm not going to discuss those here, suffice to say that I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised. We will, however, need to cover ALL print costs before we go ahead and print, by accumulating orders an asking for pre-payment ahead of time. No-one here can be asked to carry the burden of paying for an entire print run out of their own money - so we know you'll all understand.

As far as subject matter goes, there are no rules that we're setting. There is one single point I'd like to make: "This is not a competition, and all images are accepted - even if they are of the same object that another imager is submitting." All skill levels of imagers are being treated equally. This is your chance to see your own baby in print - irrespective of how long you've been imaging. Think of it as a record of the way you were imaging "way back" in 2009! :)

Of course, if I do get double-ups, I'll offer that information to the two or more imagers involved in an attempt to ascertain whether or not any of them have an alternate offering. Easy! Otherwise - no problem.

What I'll need from you:

1) Main image - this can be an object or collage of objects that you've imaged - and it does not have to be from this year. It just has to be your best. The image will be placed on a 200x200mm (8" square) page with 5mm bleed all around (which is trimmed from the page after it is printed) - so the total image area needs to have a print document dimension of 210mmx210mm. Resolution at this size needs to be 300dpi - or as close to this as possible. I've set a lower limit of 250dpi - but NO lower, otherwise we can't use it.

2) Insert image (around 1/6th page) - this image should be of yourself, your imaging rig, both, observatory, or whatever is relevant to how the main image was captured. It will take around quarter of the page and be laid over the top of your main image in one (least busy) corner. I reserve the right to rotate or resize your main image a little to accommodate this.

3) A description of your main image (including both common name and catalogue number) and basic processing technique. 30 words or less. A description of you and your rig - again, 30 words or less please. Please supply this in a plain text file using Notepad, SimpleText or similar, and make sure your file extension is ".txt".


Main image: In Photoshop (or other image editing program you use), go to the "Image Size". Disregard "Pixel Dimensions" and make sure that your "Document Size" is sized to no smaller than 210mm on its smallest side at 300dpi.

If you have a planetary 640x480 pixel webcam image to present as your main image, then at 300 dpi it will print no larger than a couple of inches across on the page. We do not want to artificially increase the images' resolution in Photoshop, so we will ask that you supply at least two variations and hopefully three. I'll arrange them in a mosaic that will fill the page at their original resolution just nicely. The other quarter of the page will be used for your secondary (rig, etc) photo.

As a general rule, please do NOT crop any images. I'd rather have the full thing and work with it here to suit. Better I have more to play with than less.

Colour model: Please be aware that I will be separating all RGB imges received to CMYK colour space for printing using a fairly generic "US Web Coated (SWOP) V2" colour space setting. Luminance will be a little critical, so in general, pump up your luminance a little as images generally lose a bit in print. If you know what you're doing, you can supply with a pre-separated TIFF or PSD file if you wish, otherwise, just give me your best RGB JPG file as you would normally print on your own colour laser or inkjet printer and I'll do the rest. I will be receiving a few random proof prints from the printers as we go, and will use these to judge how the images we have are performing on press. Proofs will NOT be issued back to individual imagers - so please don't ask. We cannot guarrantee absolutely faithful colour reproduction in print, so please be aware that your final image will be presented the best way it can in print, but may not necessarily be the same as you'd print yourself in RGB colour space at home. Just a warning!!! Those of you who have seen your own images in professional print before will know what I mean.

Finally - please KEEP your images ready for a week or so, as I'm off this afternoon to Border Stargaze and won't be back until the 23rd of August. Mike Salway will be issuing a statement regarding where to upload your ZIPPED folder of image and text files to shortly. I will be on my little iPhone's web browser for the next week, and will try and answer any questions you may have if I can. Otherwise, please be patient and I'll be back in just over a week.

Have fun selecting your best image, and make sure to take one of your rig or you at your rig as well.

:thumbsup:

IIS people wo have already uploaded their submission, and whose folder I have downloaded and emptied:

1) Big Dave
2) sheeny
3) Matt Wastell
4) Astrobserver99
5) RobF
6) Alchemy
7) erick
8) Quark
9) turbo_pascale

For instructions on uploading, please see post#11 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=483829&postcount=11).

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I've made this thread sticky for now.

[RB]

Top stuff Chris !
Really looking forward to the book.

:thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Awesome

[Stuart78]

Can't wait to order mine:D:thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

hopefully you are back by now...

Q. I see you are aiming for a 210 x 210 image size total, the sample pics you have provided are blacked out at the bottom with titles overlaid. therefore the actual image provided (astrophoto)for the page is smaller than the page (y/n)

Q. If the above is corect what is the ideal pixel count for the horizontal and vertical sides required given some area will be taken up by the lower border ( can organize in photoshop to exact pixels)

Q. if one wishes to keep the full image as captured can an additional black border be at the top to keep its composition true to its original capture.

Q. if a crop is the only way you will allow, so to keep the book all the same, can a smaller shot be provided with a crop to give an indication of the imagers prefferred composition.

.... thats all i can think of at the moment

[Alchemy]

Just thought id ask again ?

as per previous queries

thanks

[Big Dave]

Chris,
Got my stuff ready, just waiting for the upload directory from Mike.

Would it be an idea to have in the top corner of each person’s page their IIS avatar icon, location and any Astro clubs they belong to?
I was surprised a while ago, someone I was chatting to was in the same club and they were using their 'web alias IIS name' - I had no idea!
See my attached crude ms paint picture to help illustrate.

Also a small spool on yourself (say a few lines) - not just about the gear? Maybe use vertically down the side of the page may look good????

[Omaroo]

This depends on the aspect ratio of the image. Please just supply to fit whole 210x210mm area (5mm all around will be trimmed) and I'll fit as required.



Again - don't work in pixels. You are not producing an image for screen presentation. Supply it with a print document dimension of 210x210mm at 300dpi.



Just make sure you mention that you'd absolutely insist on maintaining your aspect ratio in your included text file. Generally I'll be working to this anyhow - after all, I image too!



Just mention it in the text. Maybe also provide a second low-resolution version of your image wih your preferred crop area indicated.

[Omaroo]

Good stuff Dave. :thumbsup:

I've already had a look at the avatar, and we won't have room. The page will already be crowded. Also, have a look at my original posts to see that your IIS name is already included.

This explains the last question:

[Omaroo]

OK all - I'll offer my own server for you to upload material to (via FTP) for the IIS Compendium '09:

Please see the attached image to show you the server login details. I'd rather not show them here in plain text which robots might grab.

You may use any common FTP program such as FileZilla, gFTP, etc. Go here to find one if you need to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_client_software


When you log in, simply do these two things:

1) Create a new folder for yourself and call it after your IIS user name.

2) Go to that folder and upload your 2 images (main pic plus rig/you) and a plain text.txt file describing the main image (30 words or so, giving the DATE of image aquisition and then a short blurb on HOW you processed it) and yourself/rig (also 30 words or so and please not a Word document if you can avoid it), or a zip file containing everything in the one archive.

Please PM me that you've done it. That will trigger me to download material as soon as I see it and delete it from the server once I have it - so that it doesn't sit there exposed. I'll leave the folder as a reminder, but will empty it after download. Please be aware that I'll be doing this!!!

I have left this FTP destination totally open for the purpose of gathering these images from you. Please be careful in there and don't go deleting or using anyone elses folder. I'd prefer to have a user set up for everyone separately but don't have a way of doing this. It's basically anonymous FTP we're dealing with here. No responsibility is taken for you images. If any are lost I'll simple ask for them again. Ill run a list of whose I have in this thread.

If all else fails and you can't get FTP going, please see my email address in the image. I'd prefer not to take your material this way, but if you can't get your FTP upload going then it's a fallback. Whilst my email server is set to take huge files, yours may not be capable of sending them.

I'm looking at closing submissions on Saturday 12th September. That gives you all a couple of weeks which is, I hope, seen as fair.

Let's go!! :D

[Quark]

Hi Chris,

Thought this was a great idea, however, all of my planetary images are 72 DPI but look fine when I print them out. I have no idea how to provide them at 300 DPI. When I print them out I can adjust the DPI on my printer but I can't see how to provide jpg's at 300 DPI when my images are 72 DPI.

Cheers
Trevor

[Omaroo]

No problem Trevor - just supply what you have. Do you have at least four images so that I can tile them?

[Quark]

Hi Chris,

I have some excellent images of the longest lived storm ever recorded on Saturn and also number two on the list, however they are annatoted and I no longer have the original avi's due to a catastophy with one of my satellite drives.

How about I send a selection of my Saturn images and some of the Wesley Impact on Jup in case the Saturn images are a problem.

Regards
Trevor

[Omaroo]

Yep - sounds great Trevor - anything you like as long as it's recent which yours, of course, are. Thanks! :thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Chris,

I realise you're doing your best to remove the files from the server quickly to reduce exposure but hopefully I wouldn't offend by asking if we can encrypt our zip with a password and PM you the password?

It is an enormous amount of effort you are going to for this, we will have a lot to thank you for at the end when we see the great end result.

Thanks,
Roger.

[Omaroo]

Can't see why not Roger - a good idea. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Chris I am uploading my files now, may take a while. Hope i did the right thing

[Omaroo]

Cheers David - I'm opening them all in the morning tomorrow and let you all know. Looks like a lot of data - so that's good :thumbsup:

So far:

1) Big Dave
2) sheeny
3) Matt Wastell
4) Astrobserver99
5) RobF
6) Alchemy
7) erick
8) Quark
9) turbo_pascale
10) h0ughy
11) Hagar
12) Liz
13) Mill
14) multiweb
15) Tandum

Keep 'em coming! :) :thumbsup:

[mill]

If it keeps going like this it will not be a very thick table book :eyepop:
With only 12 day's to go and the need of about 60 more entrants :whistle:
I could afcourse send all my favourite pics in and fill the book up a bit :D
Please people, send in your pics if you want to be in this :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

I have 20 (excluding myself) contributors so far.

h0ughy - your images are truncated, so I'll need you to resupply unfortunately. I'll tell you whch in a PM.

Looking good already. Make sure you get your material to me asap if you want to appear! :)

The attached page collage gives you a good idea of who has supplied what to date. As I keep on saying, please don't hesitate to send your best image in - no matter what it's of. I'll put it up the other end away from any similar image/s placed so far. They're all different, so that's absolutely fine. I'll create a collage every 16 pages to let you know what I've recieved. Hopefully this collage will give those sitting on the fence a reason to hop off and contribute! :lol:

[sheeny]

Looking EXCELLENT so far!:thumbsup:

I wasn't sure how you'd arrange my pics, but you done good! (Better than I managed having a play around...:P)

Al.

[danielsun]

Chris,
This is Fantastic and would love to submit some images but unsure of a couple of things.
My images are mostly 72 dpi so do I send 4 images for you to fill up the page?
Also I cant work out how everyone is sending there images in, do I need to down load filezilla client?


Cheers Daniel.

[Omaroo]

Cheers Daniel :)

If your images are web-cam derived 72dpi jobbies I'll still take them, no problems. Give me as many as nine, but four will be OK. The printers have been instructed to print them this way as we're all used to low resolution here. :lol: We're not printing a high-quality ad for a magazine...

If you download the FileZilla client you'll be fine. If you fire it up and follow the host and login instructions within this thread, just create yourself a folder and upload away. Don't forget the text (.txt) file with your blurb!

:thumbsup:

[erick]

Yep Filezilla client (left hand side). Don't try Filezilla server (right hand side) - someone else has already found that doesn't do what they wanted.

Put in Chris' host name, username and password. Leave the "port" box blank. Click Quickconnect and you are away!

[Omaroo]

I'm still going to have a better play Al. Should be fine!

[danielsun]

Thanks Eric and Chris, I will get cracking :thumbsup:
My images are all taken with my 350d +500 DSLR Canons,will it still be O.K to send 4 pics and some are Tiffs some Jpegs?


Cheers Daniel.

[Omaroo]

Daniel - if they're large DSLR images, I'll just need two. One of your fave object and another of your rig or yourself with rig. If they were webcam images I'd need a few, but you're OK just with one central shot. :hi:

[danielsun]

Downloading now.I changed the DPI from 72 to 300 in PS, will it be O.K ?
Also It is a huge Tiff file and looks like it is going to take hours to upload.
Is this O.K or have I left it too big and should it be a JPEG?


Cheers Daniel.

[AlexN]

Ahhh!! How do I chose which Image I want to add?? :D haha!!

Will upload something shortly Chris.. Just trying to figure out what!

[Omaroo]

Excellent Alex :)

[RB]

Mine's uploaded.

:thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Thanks Andrew :)

We're now officially full-up on Horsehead nebulae guys!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Updated mosaic... that's 24.

Please don't take these as finals - I have much yet to do in order to determine what page side a contributors image set may fall on - so I'm yet to know where your insert images are to be placed properly.

[danielsun]

Chris, I have Resent mine, let me know if all is O.K.

BTW, It is looking fantastic!!


Cheers Daniel.

[Omaroo]

Great work Daniel - these are just fine!

[erick]

Enough horsies to pull a Cobb and Coy! :D I bet the Moon will get a good run as well! What, hardly a Jup or Sat as yet?

[danielsun]

Whew.. Thanks Chris, I was sweating on that. :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Latest - 26

Thanks Daveg from Ireland for your submission too! :)

[alan meehan]

Thanks Chris this book is going to be a best seller.even make a good poster.

Al

[jjjnettie]

I just tried sending mine through but kept getting the Error Message ...Could not connect to server.
I'll try again later this afternoon.

[Omaroo]

28 pages...

If anyone wishes to contribute another Eta Carinae, could it be either extra-wide or narrow field? Ta! :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

30 pages - thanks Clive (alchemy) and Leon! :)

[avandonk]

How about this Chris hot off the computer
8MB
http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2009_09/spl010L.jpg

Thread here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=49775

Bert

[Omaroo]

Looks great Bert - if you'd prefer me to use this one over your M8/20, no problems. Now - do you have a photo of you and or scope for the insert?

[Omaroo]

7 days to go everyone...... :D

At this stage, we don't have a book yet - we need at least 70-75 images and only have 30. Please contribute! :hi:

[Screwdriverone]

Hi Chris,

I will be hoping to get together some passable Joop shots and maybe a widefield for submission if the weather holds out tonight. So that's one more, hopefully.

Cheers

Chris

[Omaroo]

That'd be great Chris. Thank you!! :)

[AlexN]

Chris... In the final 3 or 4 days, if you still do not have enough images, would it be possible for people who've already submitted an image to perhaps add another? I don't know about everyone else, but for me, submitting a single image was incredibly difficult as I had so many to chose from...

What are your thoughts?

[Hagar]

You could always ask for a second round of images if things look bleak and not enough images to fill the book.

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: its looking great cant wait for the final master piece :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

I am also currently (as in right now) trying to process about 5gb of solar eclipse HD video from Hangzhou China, into images to try and come up with a 2009 total solar eclipse shot, so keep the fingers crossed, its my first time...

Cheers

Chris

[avandonk]

No leave the M8/20 in. Here is a pic of the widefield setup. 3.3MB

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2009_09/IMG_8912_3.jpg

That way you can crop it to suit.

Bert

[leon]

Chris that looks so professional, many thanks for including my image.

Leon

[Esseth]

I might be able to submit somthing next year lol, when ive got something better than a basic digital camera and a pair of binos lol

But it does look really awesome.

[TrevorW]

Bert is that a scope or a new death ray device

[Omaroo]

Thanks Leon, and everyone else too. It's starting to take rough shape at this stage. Page positioning is still waaayyy open, so I won't know what side the insert images fall on until near completion.

As far as image numbers go, I'll be including an extended image set over two pages from some of our country's top imagers, and these will be accompanied by a longer technique story. Should be of great benefit to us all. :) Can't wait to see the final result!

If we do come up short, I'll resort to asking people for a second image, but at this stage I'm hoping that those who committed themselves in the original quantification thread will come forward and submit some work before the closing date. :thumbsup:

[avandonk]

It is a home made computer controlled camera and mount. The camera is cooled by a PID temperature controlled Peltier fridge (home built). It looks complicated but it is even worse now as I control the temperature of the lens so focus does not change over a night of imaging.I used my knowledge of overclocking computers to design the fridge.

It does not emit any rays apart from weak IR. It is designed to collect and record very weak photon streams from things far away.

It is a project in constant flux.

Bert

[AlexN]

Bert - I knew it.. An overclocking junkie!! Nobody else would have that many computer heat sinks and peltiers to cool a camera!

Whats next? dual stage phase change setup cooling the sensor to -60°c for that extra few MHz? lol!!

Ahh.. the old overclocking days.. Damn that was fun stuff until you go and fry a couple of really nice CPU's or graphics cards... then it just gets expensive... (not to mention $2k worth of evaporative phase change cooler emitting 45~50dB just to keep the CPU frosty! hahaha

[avandonk]

Alex I used to have an 'overclocked' 1979 LTD. Two tonne of loungeroom on wheels powered with a 5.9 litre balanced mill that could get from zero to 100K in less than six seconds. I never had it to full speed. On the Newcastle expressway I got it to 240k and then I backed off. I figured that when you are going faster than a flying Cessna on the ground you are asking for trouble.

All heatsinks on the fridge are the newer type of heatpipe versions. Wish we had them in the overclocking days.

Sigh

Bert

[Omaroo]

Sorry guys - could we keep this on-topic please? :)

31-up. Thanks go to Vincent (cookie8) for his magnificent moon, Venus & Jupiter trails over the Nepean. :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

mines in as i can see it there (like how youve set it out) i made it bright as im expecting the printed version to darken a bit, doing a great job there chris, such a variety of images from wide field to up close, planets, montages, some technical spectrum stuff, i cant tell whose is whos as they are small, but will look great in a book. awesome !!!!!!!!


clive

[Omaroo]

Thanks Clive - much appreciated :) Yes, I'm posting preview thumbnails purely to let those yet to contribute see what's been included so far, in the hope that we don't get as many doubles as we otherwise might.

Here's the latest - thanks Stuart (beren)! :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

How is everyone writing their small "bio"? As a first person or third person style?

[Omaroo]

Hi Stephen :)

I don't need a long "bio" as such, because there just isn't room! LOL! I'm after a brief description of who you are, the image itself - how and when you took it, processed it and what with. I can only fit 60 words or so all up. Thanks for your efforts! :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you with the word "bio" :lol: I understand the limitations on the words.

I am trying to send the folder to you now, minus the image of me and the scope. I'll forward that you you later today.

The txt file has some notes for you, please email me with your thoughts.


Edit: Chris, folder sucessfully sent, ta.

[Omaroo]

Thanks glenluceskies (Stephen)

(You still owe me your rig photo! ;) )

[stephenb]

Yep, I'll pop in my folder in the next day or two.

[leon]

Chris I have to say you must be at the machine of yours all day and night, that is some beautiful work, :eyepop: the Mosaic of all the images. ;)

When these pages are done, will the Mosaic pages as you have them be included in the book, or available on request. :D

Just a thought. :whistle:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Thanks Doug (dugnsuz) - a fine Eta Carinae, and very different to the others. Very nice!

Louie (atalas) has kindly consented to let me pick ne from his library - so I chose his IC2118.

Thanks Peter (PeterL) too, for his group of images.

And now John Bozeman (Dr Benway) - a 3RF member from from Texas, USA! :thumbsup:

tornado33 - thanks Scott :)

phxbird - cheers Paul, a new member :thumbsup:

tlgerdes - thanks Trevor for your Antares region - nice :)

pmrid - cheers Peter - looks good!

supernova1965 - Thanks Warren :D

WadeH - ta Wade :thumbsup:

jen - LOL! :lol:

beren - chars Stuart :hi:

glenluceskies - thanks a lot Stephen :)

PeterL - cheers Peter :D

bloodhound31 - thanks heaps Barry - looks great! :thumbsup:

peter_4059 - great stuff Peter :)

WadeH - thanks Wade!:thumbsup:

Thanks to Gerry Aarts and Grahame :)

Thanks to Grahame, Claudio (claude2570), Humayun, TheDecepticon and Greg Bradley!! Thanks fellas.

Thanks visibility (Peter) for your Omega Cen :)

Thanks a lot for your great Milky Way Emanuel (Lightbulb)!

Thanks terry (AstroTourist) for your rather beautiful Great Wall eclipse. :thumbsup:

Thanks also to Wade (Darth Wader) for his moon!

1ponders comes up with a ripper :) Thanks Paul!

Thanks go to Steven (sjastro) and Michael Viset (Michael V)

Thanks now to Spearo (Frank), Jeff (Jeff) and Wombat (Wayne)!!

Thanks to Wayne (Arafura) and some bloke called Salway ;)

Martin Pugh may be living in the USA right now, but he's flicked one across the ditch! Thanks so much Martin! :)

Thanks Brett (bert) and Rob (Robert3000) :thumbsup:

Thanks to Fred Vanderhaven, we now have one of my favourite images of all time included - his magnificent colour-mapped narrowband M8.

Thanks to William (Quantum629) and Russell (starfinder) for theirs too!


Today (Sunday) we have Rigel003 (Graeme), astroron (Ron), Paramount (Gordon and Raydar (Ray)'s contributions in. Thanks fellas! :) :thumbsup:

Final lot done - thanks to strongmanmike (Mike), toryglen-boy (Duncan), dickvantatenhove (Dick from the Netherlands) and Swanssm (Peter) !!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

...80 We're done !!!

Thumbnails updated.

[Omaroo]

LOL! Certainly Leon - and thanks so much for the compliment :)

I could, once the book had gone out, furnish these mosaics in low-ish resolution form. We want to protect the book, of course, so these wouldn't be very good to print from - more of a reference.

[Jen]

:D yeah i agree Leon its looking mighty fine so far :thumbsup:
Yeah a poster size mosiac would be cool ;)

[cookie8]

I don't see any Saturn so far. Come on mates, the book is not complete without an image of the popular Saturn!!

[jjjnettie]

There is a series of Saturn over the years, along with a series of Jupiter on the same page.

[stephenb]

Chris, self pic uploaded and email sent to you.

[Jen]

:hi: gday Chris
Hope you dont mind i emailed them to you ;) let me know if it worked ok :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

finger and toes crosseed for ya Jen ;)

[WadeH]

Hi Chris (and all),

Maybe I am a little dense today, but with the image submisions do the main and insert image need to be submited seperate or already overlaid.

I'm thinking of sending a couple of mine, but compared to everyone else here I'm very average.

[Omaroo]

We've all had to start somewhere Wade! :) You'll be fine!

If you could keep your images separate please - I'll position them here.

Thanks mate!
Chris

[WadeH]

Thanks Chris,

I thought that was what you wanted. I'll give it a go when I get home tonight.

This book is a wonderful idea, with all of the amazing images that come into IIS I'm a little surprised that there's not more here already!

Come on everybody:D:D:D if mine goes up anyone can do this.

[Lightbulb]

Hi Chris

Attached is a wide field shot taken at Lake Crackenback in late August this year. Please consider using in your book if suitable

Emanuel

[WadeH]

Wow Emanuel, that is great and definatly worthy of inclusion.

[stephenb]

That's beautiful, Emmanuel. What camera, exposure times?

[Omaroo]

Emanuel - this image is fantastic. We'd be honoured to take it! If you could upload the highest resolution version of it that you have, along with a photo of you or your imaging rig and a brief description of how you both captured and processed it, it'd be wonderful. A description of how and where to do that is here:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=49916

PS - Are you the same Emanuel that I bought my Takahashi Teegul SkyPatrol II from by any chance?

[Omaroo]

You'll have to read the book Stephen! :lol:

[Raydar]

Hi Chris,

Are you getting the book printed locally? Or is this being done by an online self publish type company. I've used an online company to publish, the quality was pretty good (I couldn't pick the difference). Not sure if you've ordered test copies of the printers work but I found the online companies were very good (it all comes down to the quality of image supplied to them).

Regards

Ray

[Omaroo]

Hi there Ray! :)

Yes, the book is being printed locally in Sydney, by a company running an HP Indigo digital press. Great for short runs, and the sane type of press that these other guys use too. They're the best for this short-run colour work.

Are you submitting an image from your wonderful gear? How's the Epsilon going?

Cheers
Chris

[Raydar]

G'day Buddy,



That's awesome mate. The quality will be good. Do you guys have to do a minimum print run or are they totally flexible on the numbers?



Sure mate, I would love to.

Haven't had the Epsilon out for about a year now (primarily because I haven't been going bush). But I am about to buy a monochrome CCD camera purposely for when the Epsilon is setup in my observatory (it is an awesome scope and deserves more photons). I've just bought a C14 as well, so that is going to keep me busy on the planetary learning curve.

How is your mobile Tak setup going? Are you still shooting film?

Ray

[leon]

I have read all the post's etc, and something tells me that in IIS we are short of imagers, :eyepop: or they are reluctant to post. :shrug:

We have 6000 people here, and you cant tell me that we can't get 70 or so photo's for this book. :shrug:

Come on guys you as me don't have to be perfect, :whistle: show us what you have and enjoy your image in print. ;) ;)

Send Chris your efforts now, :thumbsup:

Leon :thumbsup:

[WarpSpider74]

Good lord there's some talent on display here. ~$60 you say? Bargain!

[mill]

Lol i have another couple of images to throw in the book if it has to be, and i think a lot of others can do the same (it is hard to choose a single picture as your best picture).

Just send in your best or favourite picture you have people and buy the book :P

[AlexN]

I'm with Martin.. Im sure everyone who's contributed so far could throw in an extra image that they are happy with to fill up some pages.. :)

[Omaroo]

Thanks guys :)

I think that we may even hit 60 today... :thumbsup:

Just another few days to go everyone :hi:

[erick]

Great! Get the fireworks ready............. :D

[[1ponders]]

Ever so humbly email sent. :P

Me ...humble... :rofl:

[jjjnettie]

:poke:It's about time too Paul.

[AlexN]

hahaha... A piece of Humble Paul ay...

When is it mosaic update time Chris! Sounds like theres lots to see!! :)

[Omaroo]

Done :)

Paul's contribution added... :thumbsup: Noice image Pawl! :P

[[1ponders]]

Aw shucks. :P :lol:



Looks like I'm in fantastic company though. there are some absolute cracker images in that collection Chris. I'll be ordering two books thank you!

[[1ponders]]

It would be great to get all the contributors together, I want mine signed. :jump:

[jjjnettie]

I reckon you should deliver our books in person Chris.
Ponder's would put you up for the duration.

[[1ponders]]

Too right. Plenty of room, nice dark skies, world class fishing spots just down the road.....lovely and quiet. Sounds like a great place for a holiday after putting this together. ;)

[jjjnettie]

Say yes, you know you want to.

[Omaroo]

hehe.. I'd LLLUUUUURVE to take a break and be a little Santa Claus! :lol: Now - where have those bl**dy reindeer gone? :doh:

[[1ponders]]

Mmmmmm...Xmas on the Sunshine Coast. Cool clear water, long sandy beaches, deep water fishing......and that's before I walk out of the front yard. ;)






Not really but its not that far away...honest. :lol:

[jjjnettie]

I'd have thought you'd harness all the little puggies up to the sleigh. If you left now, you might make it up for xmas 2010.:lol:

[Omaroo]

Pugdeer?

Reinpugs?

[jjjnettie]

:rofl: That's just too funny.
And there's a little Rudolf too!
Do you still have the one I sent you cleaning your monitor?

[AlexN]

LOL!!!!! Nice one Chris...

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to get all the contributors together for a group photo in the back page of the book!

[erick]

Someone send me the airfare, and I'll be there :D

No problem, we exist together in virtual space :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Hey Chris did ya get my CD..? :question:

No body could possibly guess what's on it :rolleyes:

MIke :D

[Omaroo]

Hi Mike

Yes, I have it. I'm still trying to decide how I'm going to tackle it!

[AlexN]

Make sure not to crop out any of the extended halo Chris, but obviously not too small that you can't see the dust lanes :P

Ps. I think I can guess what it is..

[Jen]

:lol::lol: my autograph is on the way LMAO ;)

[DavidU]

It's probably some killa hi res repro in 1 tetrabyte RAW file.:D

[spearo]

I have sent mine in!
Oh what a struggle to decide what to send !
frank

[Omaroo]

Thanks Frank :)

Right - we've hit 65 that are, for all intents and purposes, constructed.

I have an additional 5 pages-worth reserved for people who have indicated that they'll be submitting this weekend or that I have in hand.

1) paramount
2) rigel003
3&4) strongmanmike (x 2 feature)
5) quantum629


(indicated) possibles:

7) Toryglenboy
8) D V Tatenhove (Netherlands)

So - in reality we have room for another two or three - and we'll be closing the doors! :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Martin Pugh - thanks for your contribution. It's a pearler. :hi:

Peter Ward - ditto! Chars! :)

Thumbnail updated in post #70 of this thread.

That's 66 placed and constructed. Only a couple left now... :thanx:

[WadeH]

FANTASTIC!!!

Well done everyone. What an amazing talent pool we have amongst this little community.

:party2:

[Omaroo]

...69 completed

Thanks Brett (bert) and Rob (Robert3000) :thumbsup:

Nnnnneeeeeaaarrrllyy there. I have 8 more confirmed spots taken and am waiting on their material. Then we have, I believe, 3 spots left.... but I have to do a re-count, so bear with me. LOL!

Thumbnails updated.

[Omaroo]

70...

Thanks to Fred Vanderhaven, we now have one of my favourite images of all time included - his magnificent colour-mapped narrowband M8. :thumbsup:

Thumbnails updated - post #70 in this thread.

[bloodhound31]

One of my favorites! I remember having that as a desktop for quite some time. An image to be very proud of!

Beautiful Fred!

Baz.

[stephenb]

Given that it is a limited run of 100 and 70 submissions (assuming every person submitting will buy at least one, I have place an order for 1 book only, and will wait to see if there is an extention to the printing and order another one then.

[iceman]

Orders are now being taken. Get in quick before stock runs out!

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=50076

[iceman]

Feel free to order as many as you like - if people are ordering multiple quantities, then the initial 100 will be pre-ordered quickly and it gives us a reason to go beyond the initial 100 and go to (for example) 200.

So that's a GOOD THING!

[Omaroo]

We're now officially full everyone! I have 80 pages either finished or allocated.

Thanks for your support.:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

I'm so proud of all the work you've done Chris.
Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Omaroo]

Thanks so much Jeanette :) It's been a real hoot to do this. I still owe it to no-one other than yourself for the spark that saw it snick into first gear:



Post #80: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=39606&page=4

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement ever since. :thanx:

[WadeH]

Ordered mine. Now for the loooonnng wait!

Thanks for all of the hard work Chris. It must have kept you up for all sorts of weird hours.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[sjastro]

Congratulations Chris.

Regards

Steven

[stephenb]

Thanks Mike, I just didn't want others to miss out. I'll place another order on Monday night with the same details and they can be sent together.

A great outcome. Thanks Chris, and to everyone who contributed. The sample pages look amazing.

[Omaroo]

Thanks everyone! I can't stress enough how much I appreciate Mike's support in helping me see this through. :thanx:

Thanks to William (Quantum629) and Russell (starfinder) for theirs too! Thumbnails updated in post#70.

[Jen]

Wow :thumbsup::eyepop: Well done Chris this book is going to be awsome i will treasure it forever :thumbsup: Your dedication in getting it done is amazing
I cant wait to have a copy in my little hands ;)
And a big :thanx: to all the guys/girls that have added their pics to make it so amazing there is some awsome work in there :D

[astro_mike]

Damn! Been busy with work (7-day work-weeks for the last 3 weeks) and put this in the "I'll do this later pile"! ..."Later" never came...
Never mind - at least I've got my copy on order :thumbsup:.
Well done on all the work in getting this together. Looks like it's going to be an awesome book and quite a conversation piece :).

[Big Dave]

Order in, look'in good Chris.

[astroron]

My Pic's have been sent:):thanx:

[Omaroo]

Cheers Ron! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Your reserved space is ready! :)

[Swanssm]

Chris,

Have you closed this off? Or can you sneek in another?

Regards
Peter

[Omaroo]

PM sent Peter :)



OK! We have another thumbnail set up in post#70.

Today (Sunday) we have Rigel003 (Graeme), astroron (Ron), Paramount (Gordon and Raydar (Ray)'s contributions in. Thanks fellas! :) :thumbsup:

[pelu]

Hello from Spain. I see that Saturn not have presence in the book :-(

I have a 2200x2200 px., 500KB image containing some of my best Saturn images. I have printed to 50x40 cm. and look very well. Is a JPG 100%. I d´ont know if it will be to give an opportunity to Saturn... :-D

As is small, and I am a real computer dummy ... maybe I can send it by email to someone.

[Omaroo]

Hi there Pelu :)

I'm sorry, but we've already closed the publication for this year. :( You're more than welcome to contribute to the 2010 Compendium next year though!

There is one Saturn shot, if you have a look at pages 36-70 you'll see Mike's (iceman) Saturn alongside his Jupiter and Moon images.

Thanks! :)

[pelu]

OK, Chris, don´t worry. Next year I will wake up before :D

[Omaroo]

Final lot done - thanks to strongmanmike (Mike), toryglen-boy (Duncan), dickvantatenhove (Dick from the Netherlands) and Swanssm (Peter) !!!

...80 We're done !!!

Thumbnails updated - see post #71 in this thread.