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 Charlie Hein
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I am very pleased to announce the winner of the April 2007 Cloudy Nights Imaging and Sketching Contest - Nick Cook!
M63 taken on the 19 & 20 April 07 from Somerset, UK.
48 light frames x 300 seconds, + 25 Darks, + 25 Bias + 15 Flats.
Taken through the primary of my RCX with an AstroPhyiscs 0.75 adapter.
Guided with 80mm APO, using PHD for guiding.
All processing done with ImagesPlus and CS2.
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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 - as you can see by the responses in the poll thread, every one of your submissions is worthy to be a winner. Congratulations to you on a job done very well indeed!
Nick, 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
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Zyxlor
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Congratulations Nick! I've taken a shot at M63 several times and it not an easy one. You captured it beautifuly. 
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Astroman
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Well done Nick, a well deserved win..
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Andrew.
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lunartic65
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Fantastic image Nick, the detail you managed to capture is outstanding and a well deserved winner.
Paul
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Nick Cook
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Many, many thanks all for your kind words. It was such a great collection of images, all inspiring in different ways and I feel truly honoured to have won amongst such amazing images.
I currently want to to try catch M13 with 30 minute subs. Wish me luck! 
Regards,
Nick
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Great work Nick and a worth winner.
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jonbosley
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Wonderful image with great color.
Jon
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Erix
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Nick, it's an amazing image. Well done and congratulations!
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pollux
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That really looks like the photos I saw on magazine and astronomy book.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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