Greg K.
   
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I am pleased to announce the winner of the June 2006 edition of the Cloudy Nights Astrophotography/Sketching contest.
The winner this month is Tonk
Comet 73P-B Schwassmann-Wachmann-3 passing by M13
21 x 4 min at ISO 800 Televue 85, x0.8 FR and Canon 10D
Centered at 00:00 UT 05 May 2006.
Congratulations Tonk!
name score avg
Tonk 290 4.46
Dean Rowe 282 4.27
rumples riot 272 4.06
Paul Rix 230 3.65
Eric Graff 224 3.56
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Greg K.
   
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Good job, everybody - it was a tough choice this month.
Tonk, pls PM me your mailing address and t-shirt size
Thanks!
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Erix
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Congratulations, Tonk! That was an awesome image.
Congratulations also to the rest of the entries. They were all superb!
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Dean
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Congratulations Tonk, that's an awesome image!
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Paul Rix
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Congratulations Tonk! Well deserved. I really like to see images where there is something unusual to look at that is not always there. It gives the image a place in time if you know what I mean .
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Special Ed
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Congratulations, Tony--that is an excellent image.
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kraterkid
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Beautiful image Tony! Congratulations!
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Tonk
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Thanks guys!
Dean your M57 is mind blowing - what detail and depth! - I completely missed all this but you would have had my vote.
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cildarith
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Congrats Tonk! That's a beautiful shot!
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cometphreak
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Can't resist a comet. Top job.
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Don Allen
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Thanks Tonk. Nice to see the position of two very different objects in space!!
Don
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