I am pleased to announce the winner of the May 2008 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - dsnope!

Here is Rho Ophiuchi Nebula IC4604, IC4603, clusters M4 and NGC6144 next to supergiant star Antares.

Date: 5/11/2008
Loc: Anza, CA
Optic: Canon 300mm F/4 at F/4
Camera: STL11000
Exposure: LRGB 80/35/35/35

To all of you who took the time to stop by and vote for your favorite submission - thank you so much! Your participation really makes the contest!

To all the contestants - every one of your submissions is worthy of winning. Congratulations to all of you on a job done very well indeed!

dsnope, congratulations on your win! Please contact me via PM with your t-shirt size and also the address where you want us to send it!

Charlie