badpicker
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Reged: 10/12/06
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Being part of another group who judges each others images, I must say that these are very good. I see some faults, but then again I am hyper-critical. We just got off a contest featuring the Whale and I believe this one would have won. Manually guided film is old school and done very nicely here. Sketching, now that is REALLY old school. Detail in each of these are amazing. All of the contestants should be proud.
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Jacques Noir
newbie
Reged: 04/17/07
Posts: 2
Loc: UK
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A really, really tough decision. All are superb. They are all winners of very separate classes if you take into account equipment and subject type. Roy M summed it up.
Jaquesnoir
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rick rian
Seeker of Truth
Reged: 08/03/04
Posts: 12158
Loc: SE Minnesota
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Wow ... hard to choose only one ... all are top notch.
Kudos to the entire group ,,,
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NexStar 8i, TV85, Canon 15x50is
Time is precious, waste it wisely.
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Dark Boy
member
Reged: 07/24/06
Posts: 97
Loc: Italy, Canosa di Puglia
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They're all wonderful. You are all winners!!!
Good luck to all! 
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Marco
Celestron C9 1/4 XLT
PS.If I don't speak American/English well, please correct me.
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CosmoQ
super member
Reged: 08/26/06
Posts: 142
Loc: NH
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Incredible images! Outstanding results. Too bad we can only pick one!
Dave
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Meade LX90, Fujinon FMT-SX 16X70 Binos, and WO ZS 110 TMB/EZTouch Mount
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Stephen65
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/14/07
Posts: 913
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
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Great images, I'm stunned by the Jupiter shots showing that level of detail from a 12" scope.
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FLT 132
Mewlon 250
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8ballsct
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Reged: 11/28/06
Posts: 10
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Argghh, why won't it accept 2 choices? What do you mean no tie? It was so hard to get my choices down to 2. In all the time I have watched the photos on Cloudy Nights, this is the first time the quality level has been this high. Congratulations everyone. If you had all been published on seperate months, you would all have won. I vote for Anstey and Cook as tied, and I see I am not alone!
I was going to send in a photo, but after seeing these I won't embarrass myself.
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johndouk
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Reged: 08/24/06
Posts: 24
Loc: Athens, Greece
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It was quite a troubling choice.
All amazing images. 
Congratulations to all finalists. 
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Edited by johndouk (05/14/07 05:32 AM)
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Wes James
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/12/06
Posts: 2297
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I had to go with Ralf T for doing with such basic, old technology- and using it beautifully. Money is not always the answer.
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Wes
Atlantic Beach, FL
Some bino’s from Miyauchi 5x32 Binon's up through Garrett 20x110 Signature's,
Some telescopes from a Stellarvue 80mm NHNG up through a couple of 8” reflectors…
And a wonderful 4.25" Delmarva Shiefspiegler!
Some good friends, made here on C/N.
Oh- several cats and a wonderful wife!
Anyone want a cat???? :-O
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Michael Nugent
sage
Reged: 03/05/06
Posts: 244
Loc: Mukwonago, Wisconsin USA
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Every one is awesome...simply awesome!!!! Excellent work folks 
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Stellarvue F80M Finder
Denk II Binoviewer
S2 "Shorty" Power Switch Diagonal
Doubles of 15mm, 19mm and 24mm Panoptics
Celestron SkyMaster 12x60 Binoculars
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iceman
Post Laureate
Reged: 03/07/04
Posts: 4221
Loc: Gosford, Australia
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Congrats to Nick. It is an amazing image, full of detail.
Thanks to everyone for their feedback on my Jupiter image, and for feeling it worthy among these incredible images.
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. My Bio | My Jupiter 2007 Gallery | My Image Gallery
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Zyxlor
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/10/05
Posts: 2039
Loc: St. Cloud, FL
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Tak TSA-102S
Tak EM-200 Temma 2
Meade 10" LX200 OTA now removed from forks-
OTA is now rigged to go onto Tak mount.
Celestron EB80 Piggy backed on TSA102 or 10" SCT which ever is in use!
Meade DSI Pro II (a great guiding camera!)
Philips Toucam
Philips 900NC
SBIG STL-11000M
Astrodon LRGBH 50mm
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Nick Cook
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/28/06
Posts: 1010
Loc: Somerset, England
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Well I'm really knocked out. Thank you so much to everyone who voted for my image.
Looking at the photos I couldn't choose between them, they were all just brilliant. The fantastic sketch, the lovely shot of the nebula (that's just an astonishing image, let alone for somebody starting out), the wonderful detail in the Whale, the incredible work of the guided photograph (I have tried that and know how hard it is to do) and the amazing image of Jupiter (one of the very best terrestial images I have ever seen taken of it). As others have said we are all winners. Sirs I salute you.
I will wear my T-shirt with pride! 
Nick
P.S. I forgot to put in the details of the image, it was taken with a Canon 20Da.
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Meade 14" RCX + Astro Physics 0.75 Reducer (27TVPH)
Meade 5000 ED80 APO (Guider/widefield)+ WO 0.8 Reducer
William Optics Zenithstar 66 Petzal
SBig STL11000M + AO-L + 3" Pyxis Rotator + 3" PDF Focuser
Canon 20Da + IDAS Filter
Pulsar 9ft Dome
www.nick-cook.net
Edited by Nick Cook (05/16/07 09:36 AM)
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johndouk
member
Reged: 08/24/06
Posts: 24
Loc: Athens, Greece
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Congratulation Nick !!!
Your galaxy is indeed astonishing !!!
Congratulation once more to all participants!
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John
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RALF_T
super member
Reged: 11/07/06
Posts: 123
Loc: Europe, Germany, Hamburg
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Thank you all for your really nice comments!! I enjoyed this contest very much. It encourages me, to show some more pictures in the future.
Nice to be here!
My congratulations goes to all other finalists with their fine shots and sketch. Especially to Nick! Great photo!
Ralf
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